# Waiuru Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.0 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Waiuru”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)


## The reports along it
3 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6229071), 185–203 Grehan Valley Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/3797229), [194 Grehan Valley Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/194-grehan-valley-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1850314), 200–268, Grehan Valley Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, 7581, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Waiuru Stream?**

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

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

Akaroa.

**What else is Waiuru Stream called?**

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