# Knights Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 3.4 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Ōpouira”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)


## The reports along it
143 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9020832), [100 Whincops Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/100-whincops-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8911603), [97 Whincops Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/97-whincops-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8851335), [1 Downies Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-downies-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8705159), [81 Whincops Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/81-whincops-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8604055), [97 Whincops Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/97-whincops-road)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8391731), [15 Fountains Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/15-fountains-road)
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8342127), [21 Kahurangi Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/21-kahurangi-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8189283), 54–56 Downies Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8105818), [81 Whincops Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/81-whincops-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8067509), [9 Zion Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/9-zion-place)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7989218), [13 Kahurangi Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/13-kahurangi-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7970500), [22 Kahurangi Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/22-kahurangi-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Knights Stream?**

3.4 km as mapped, 5 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

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

Halswell.

**What else is Knights Stream called?**

The map also records “Ōpouira”, 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/knights-stream
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river