# Church Gully, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.3 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## Can you swim here

[Church Bay/Kaioruru](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/church-bay/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that sits on its reach, its latest weekly sample graded it suitable for swimming.

*A water-quality risk grade, not a live verdict, after heavy rain any spot can turn. LAWA's page is the one to check on the day.*

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour)


## The reports along it
34 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8871317), [63 Bayview Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/63-bayview-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8799724), [215 Marine Dr, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/215-marine-drive)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8799199), [273 Marine Dr, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/273-marine-drive)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7954879), [217 Marine Drive, Governors Bay, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/217-marine-drive)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7786222), [255 Marine Dr, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/255-marine-drive)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7689536), [221 Marine Drive, Governors Bay, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/221-marine-drive)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7242328), [221 Marine Drive, Governors Bay, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/221-marine-drive)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6866809), [221 Marine Drive, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/221-marine-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5799530), [215 Marine Drive, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/215-marine-drive)
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/5622310), [270 Marine Drive, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/270-marine-drive)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/5356832), [120 Bayview Road, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/120-bayview-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5262651), [265 Marine Drive, Charteris Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/265-marine-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Church Gully?**

2.3 km as mapped, 3 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Church Gully pass through?**

Diamond Harbour.

**Is the line on the map the whole waterway?**

It’s the centreline, the middle of the water as mapped on OpenStreetMap, not its banks. A line says where it runs, not how wide it is or whether it carries water today.


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The line is OpenStreetMap’s, named ways tagged river, stream, drain or canal inside the city boundary, merged by name (ODbL). Centrelines, not banks; the live gauges are instruments, kept at https://www.chch.live/rivers.
The page: https://www.chch.live/river/church-gully
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river