# Waiake Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 3.8 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Waiake”.

## The suburbs on its banks

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


## The reports along it
9 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7831178), 297–327 Charteris Bay Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7802380), 297–327 Charteris Bay Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7784582), 297–327 Charteris Bay Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4552467), 8MHF+RC Teddington, Canterbury, New Zealand
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2495024), [353 Charteris Bay Road, Teddington, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/353-charteris-bay-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2494591), [353 Charteris Bay Road, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/353-charteris-bay-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/1753181), 353, Charteris Bay Road, Teddington, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/376223), [400 Charteris Bay Rd, Kennedys Bush, Teddington 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/400-charteris-bay-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/355453), 353, Charteris Bay Road, Teddington, 8971, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Waiake Stream?**

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

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

Governors Bay.

**What else is Waiake Stream called?**

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