# Hoon Hay Valley Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.5 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 3 suburbs.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)
- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush)
- [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/westmorland)


## The reports along it
95 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8749311), [686 Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 9999, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/686-cashmere-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736835), [686 Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 9999, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/686-cashmere-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8156003), [570R Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/westmorland/570r-cashmere-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8055942), 598–626 Cashmere Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7933977), [600 Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/600-cashmere-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7908297), [600 Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/600-cashmere-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7830820), [95 Hoon Hay Valley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/95-hoon-hay-valley-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7752527), [570R Cashmere Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/570r-cashmere-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7752439), [87 Hoon Hay Valley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/87-hoon-hay-valley-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7751096), 128–134 Hoon Hay Valley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7709588), 598–626 Cashmere Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7646744), [140 Hoon Hay Valley Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/140-hoon-hay-valley-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Hoon Hay Valley Stream?**

2.5 km as mapped, 2 ways in the open map, crossing 3 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Hoon Hay Valley Stream pass through?**

Halswell, Kennedys Bush, Westmorland.

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