# Te Kawa Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.6 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Te Kawa”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)


## The reports along it
12 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8772377), [1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8503590), Fernlea Point Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6698657), [1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5589663), [1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5436752), [1710 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1710-western-valley-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4898764), [1597 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1597-western-valley-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4738265), [1595 Western Valley Road, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1595-western-valley-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2938399), [1679 Western Valley Road, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2585813), [1708 Western Valley Road, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1708-western-valley-road)
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2432338), [1679 Western Valley Road, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/299587), 1679, Western Valley Road, Port Levy, 8972, Canterbury
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/99938), 80, Fernlea Point Road, Port Levy, 8972, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Te Kawa Stream?**

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

**Which suburbs does Te Kawa Stream pass through?**

Port Levy.

**What else is Te Kawa Stream called?**

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