# Te Rapu, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.3 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay)

## On the register along it

Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it.

- [St Peter's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/357), 834 Gebbies Pass Road


## The reports along it
7 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7218963), [554 Governors Bay Teddington Road, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/554-governors-bay-teddington-road)
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6567419), [743 Gebbies Pass Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/743-gebbies-pass-road)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/2507692), [554 Governors Bay Teddington Road, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/554-governors-bay-teddington-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1157173), [557 Governors Bay Teddington Road, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/557-governors-bay-teddington-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/908302), [554 Governors Bay Teddington Road, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/554-governors-bay-teddington-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/733039), [736 Gebbies Pass Rd, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/736-gebbies-pass-road)
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/131278), Teddington, New Zealand
## Walks that cross it

- [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Te Rapu?**

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

**Which suburbs does Te Rapu pass through?**

Governors Bay.

**What’s on the record along Te Rapu?**

1 register place sits within 200m of its line, each opens its own record from this page.

**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-rapu
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river