# Kaiapoi River, a waterway of Christchurch A river, 4.9 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Kaiapoi”. ## Can you swim here [Kaiapoi River Boat Ramp](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/kaiapoi-river-at-boat-ramp/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that sits on its reach, LAWA keeps it on special status, graded unsuitable 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 - [Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/brooklands) ## On the register along it Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it. - [Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/place/563), 33 Charles Street Kaiapoi - [Riverside Centre](https://www.chch.live/place/565), 45 Charles Street Kaiapoi - [Kaiapoi Railway Station](https://www.chch.live/place/576), 65 Charles Street Kaiapoi - [Swingbridge](https://www.chch.live/place/578), Raven Quay Kaiapoi - [World War One Memorial](https://www.chch.live/place/580), Raven Quay Kaiapoi - [Riverside Shopping Centre](https://www.chch.live/place/586), 121 Raven Quay Kaiapoi (Cnr Raven Quay & Williams Street) - [Riverside Shopping Centre](https://www.chch.live/place/587), 121 Raven Quay Kaiapoi (Cnr Raven Quay & Williams Street) ## Questions, answered briefly **How long is Kaiapoi River?** 4.9 km as mapped, 1 way in the open map, crossing 1 suburb. **Which suburbs does Kaiapoi River pass through?** Brooklands. **What else is Kaiapoi River called?** The map also records “Kaiapoi”, the page answers to all of them. **What’s on the record along Kaiapoi River?** 7 register places sit within 200m of its line, each opens its own record from this page. --- 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/kaiapoi-river Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river