# Raupō Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 4.0 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Raupō”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Raupō Stream?**

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

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

Okains Bay.

**What else is Raupō Stream called?**

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