# Hikuika Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 4.5 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Hikuika”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)


## The reports along it
4 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7981476), [27 Whites Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/27-whites-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6311811), [218 Whites Road, Little River Canterbury 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/218-whites-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3998464), [12 Whites Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/12-whites-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3465092), [256A Whites Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/256a-whites-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Hikuika Stream?**

4.5 km as mapped, 1 way in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Hikuika Stream pass through?**

Little River.

**What else is Hikuika Stream called?**

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

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