# Kereru Stream, a waterway of Christchurch A stream, 1.4 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Kererū”. ## Can you swim here [Purau Bay](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/purau-bay/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that is ~300 m away, its latest weekly sample graded it suitable 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 - [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour) ## On the register along it Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it. - [Dwelling and Setting, The Whare](https://www.chch.live/place/347), 16A Camp Bay Road · List 7157 ## The reports along it 5 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7000831), [191 Purau Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/191-purau-avenue) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6916370), [63 Purau Port Levy Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/63-purau-port-levy-road) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6119540), [191B Purau Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/191b-purau-avenue) - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/5830927), [19 Monalua Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/19-monalua-avenue) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4631959), [22 Purau Port Levy Road, Purau 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/22-purau-port-levy-road) ## Walks that cross it - [The quarantine shore](https://www.chch.live/walks/diamond-harbour-quarantine) ## Questions, answered briefly **How long is Kereru Stream?** 1.4 km as mapped, 3 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb. **Which suburbs does Kereru Stream pass through?** Diamond Harbour. **What else is Kereru Stream called?** The map also records “Kererū”, the page answers to all of them. **What’s on the record along Kereru Stream?** 1 register place sits 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/kereru-stream Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river