# Nottingham Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 4.0 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Te Tau Awa a Maka”.

## The suburbs on its banks

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


## The reports along it
1,402 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082765), [8 Hao Lane, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8-hao-lane)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9054023), [449 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/449-halswell-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9043079), 504–526 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9016899), [3 Pipipi Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/3-pipipi-lane)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8990251), [16 Oldham Crescent, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/16-oldham-crescent)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8989446), [4 Oakridge St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/4-oakridge-street)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8979735), [349 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/349-halswell-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8938841), [2 Larsens Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/2-larsens-road)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8925148), [436 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/436-halswell-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8923509), [21 Nicholls Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/21-nicholls-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8920246), [339 Halswell Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/339-halswell-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8919275), [526 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/526-halswell-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Nottingham Stream?**

4.0 km as mapped, 11 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

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

Halswell.

**What else is Nottingham Stream called?**

The map also records “Te Tau Awa a Maka”, 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/nottingham-stream
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river