- Where there was flooding along Woolston - Heathcote
River, it's not fenced off - potential for drowning
- Areas along the river adjacent to Radley St Bridge and
Ferry Rd - no protection from the river
- Banks Ave, not far from school - needs a fence beside
river where people walk
- Near Beckenham School - overflowing, flooding
- Stone embankment is straight - this would be difficult
for a child to scale should it fall in the river
- On Avon River halfway along Bexley Rd to Brighton Bridge,
the embankment - a child would not be able to get out
because embankment is straight
- Pages Rd Bridge to Kerrs Rd - weed problem is dangerous
for children
- End of driveway when reconstruction being done (three
weeks) - large deep water-filled hole, not fenced
properly
- Don't know where - creeks can be dangerous
- West Lake (Halswell) - a nearby children's playground has
no fences
- Stream in Alyesford St - unprotected, no fencing
- By old bridge on Stanmore Rd (Avon) - it was slippery,
probably been fixed now
- Avon River from fire station through to Hagley boat sheds
- glass in the river
- Everywhere round Emmett St area - children can climb
fences and banks are steep
- At Linwood High - gutters flooded and water lying deeply
- Avon River - no fencing
- The Avon River near Avonside Girls' High - the rubbish
and thick weed on the banks
- Along Park Terrace - no protection for small children on
the riverbanks
- In the vicinity of Laing Crescent / Heathcote Valley. -
open storm water drain - no protection
- Storm water drains - there is no protection
- Stanmore Rd area - steep banks on Avon
- Balgay St - unprotected drain -deep (needs repairing)
- Brighton Beach - glass in the sand
- Generally on the riverbanks - no safeguards especially
when heavy rain
- Sumner Beach - bottles broken in the sand
- The steep banks alongside the Avon river, Avonside Dr -
for small children, easy to fall in
- Steep banks on rivers - work against safety for children
- so easy for young children to fall in to river
- Elmwood Park - bank suddenly drops off to river
- Avon river by bridge (Avondale Bridge) - step leading way
to water
- Craycroft Stream - banks are quite steep
- Cashmere River - with the development of Westmoreland our
water table is rising which is a concern
- The Nottingham / Halswell stream, back of park in Ridder
Place. - unhygienic substance and beer bottles in water
- The Avon by the Botanical Gardens - there's no signs, no
little fences. Banks just dip down into the river - easy
for children to fall in. It's dangerous
- Botanical Gardens at footbridge - river seems deep (could
be fenced?)
- Erica St Park (Dudley Creek) - kids can get right down to
the water - could get stuck in weeds etc and water.
Easier to get down too, since alterations
- The beach, mainly Sumner - dog droppings scattered around
beach area and broken glass
- Riverbank down road - glass, old dirty bags used syringe
- Between Kerrs Reach affronting Avon Park - very steep
bank
- Two rope swings that go over river by Avondale bridge and
between Dallington Bridge and Point Park - child would
probably fall in river if they fell off swing
- Near New Brighton roundabout - no fencing - dangerous for
unsupervised children
- Estuary track - parts of this are quite swampy, on the
western side of the Avon
- New Brighton Bridge - both sides can be dangerous if
children swim, boat or fish alone - when children are
unsupervised they are at greater risk
- Around Bridge St area of South Brighton Domain - swampy
ground is dangerous there, children are unsupervised
- Along the river bank, the wire baskets holding the stones
can at low tide be a popular area for children - they can
trip on the wire and fall in the river
- It's just in general around Christchurch - because water
is dangerous for young children
- The Groynes - no retaining fences around lake water.
Water not up to health standards
- Dangerous material dumped in rivers - glass/barbed wire -
South branch of Waimakariri (Dickies Rd)
- A tributary of the Avon, I can't remember where it was -
there was broken glass in the bottom of the river
- Broken glass in Avon River / Hagley Park near Christ's
College
- All Christchurch rivers and unfenced water everywhere -
we have to fence our swimming pools so why not other
water in the city
- Abberley Park - drains too accessible
- Sumner foreshore - rats may bite children or spread
disease
- End of Chapmans Road - car went into river at end of
road, two teenagers rescued - needs a barrier
- Halswell riverbanks (old Tai Tapu Rd area) - Regional
Council are spraying riversides without prior notice to
protect children
- By Linwood Park / Bridge by the waterway - dogs often
fall, because steep concrete sides stop dogs getting out
when they have fallen into the water
- Fiffield Terrace near Waltham Pool - steep banks
- Lower Styx Rd, Brooklands - flood waters over flowing
banks onto road. No fences. In winter road gets icy,
traffic can slide off road. No lighting
- Hagley Park / Avon River - no fencing, steep bank - no
parental control when observed
- Heathcote River around Aynsley Terrace - the river rises
very rapidly to top of bank
- Upstream from Opawa Road Bridge - high tide when river is
in full flow - children could easily fall into the river
- Ditch with pieces of wood over it partly covering a deep
ditch with water inside it - Barkers Rd, turning off
Travis Rd, goes down to the Kate Sheppard Retirement Home
- Barkers Rd - ditch with wood across length of road
- Richardson Terrace side of Heathcote River - at low tide,
children playing on banks
- The Radley Bridge where children sometimes fish - the
children go down under the bridge and sometimes hang over
the railings
- Down at Tovey St end of estuary children hanging around
water pipe - children have access to overflow pipe mud is
deep there, council should fence this area parents
shouldn't have their children unsupervised
- Huge number of wasps on Sumner Beach near Cave Rock - two
people stung in short space of time
- Generally along the lower banks, between Fitzgerald and
Bower Ave - broken bottles
- Heathcote River in Spreydon Park - broken bottles
- Elmwood Park - no fence all along the stream
- Avon Loop - the straight drop down where the edges aren't
flat
- Hills Rd to Westminster St - open drains - uncovered
drains
- Sometimes parts of Avon river - potential for drowning
- Banks Ave - no barriers or signs
- Heathcote River - banks are quite steep
- Spencer Park - wasps in large numbers. No facility to
attend to stings at office. Traffic through Spencer Park
not having care for safety
- QEII boating lake - is unfenced and water is deep -
dangerous for unsupervised children
- Aylesford St (?) - slip sided ditch drain
- Near where the Oxford Hotel is - little children can
easily fall in
- Avon Loop - around where the banks are really steep I saw
a dog fall in and couldn't get out
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