# Kainga Drain, a waterway of Christchurch

A drain, 3.1 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga)


## The reports along it
13 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8702724), [94 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/94-kainga-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7943519), [86 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/86-kainga-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7533371), [84 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/84-kainga-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6649764), [94 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/94-kainga-road)
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5901348), [86 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/86-kainga-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5890875), [102 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/102-kainga-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3829064), [96 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/96-kainga-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3675789), [94 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/94-kainga-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3119943), [134 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/134-kainga-road)
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/2767648), [86 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, Nouvelle-Zélande](https://www.chch.live/kainga/86-kainga-road)
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2027875), [330 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/330-kainga-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1955420), [134 Kainga Road, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/134-kainga-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Kainga Drain?**

3.1 km as mapped, 2 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Kainga Drain pass through?**

Kainga.

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