# Halswell River, a waterway of Christchurch

A river, 18.5 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 3 suburbs. Also recorded as “Hurutini”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)
- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush)
- [Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu)

## On the register along it

Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it.

- [Memorial Gate](https://www.chch.live/place/604)


## The reports along it
63 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9071862), 107–111 Old Tai Tapu Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8832508), 78–90 Old Tai Tapu Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8756966), [113 Old Tai Tapu Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/113-old-tai-tapu-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8756873), [93 Old Tai Tapu Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/93-old-tai-tapu-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8464133), 396–460 Sabys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7649324), [714 Halswell Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7622446), [58 Old Tai Tapu Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/58-old-tai-tapu-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7580812), [37 Trices Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/37-trices-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7359256), 92–96 Old Tai Tapu Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7299348), [193 Old Tai Tapu Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 7672, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/193-old-tai-tapu-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7269396), [166 Old Tai Tapu Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/166-old-tai-tapu-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7000085), [67 Old Tai Tapu Road, Canterbury Region 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/67-old-tai-tapu-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Halswell River?**

18.5 km as mapped, 3 ways in the open map, crossing 3 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Halswell River pass through?**

Halswell, Kennedys Bush, Tai Tapu.

**What else is Halswell River called?**

The map also records “Hurutini”, the page answers to all of them.

**What’s on the record along Halswell River?**

1 register place sits within 200m of its line, each opens its own record from this page.


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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/halswell-river
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river