Flooding346 McQueens Valley Road
Silt has filled the drain up for quite a long way. It now runs out onto the road every rain. Please make sure it's dug down like a ditch as last time they only…
Ataahua, Christchurch
26 council reports since August 2016, the 108th busiest suburb in the city. 23 photographs on record.
The record also holds about $500 a week to rent· 23 photographs· 40 documents· 5 mentions on the wire
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
$500/week
middle half $498–$528
New bonds here ran at about $500 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $498 and $528, across 6 bonds lodged. That’s about $50 a week below the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the much wider Tai Tapu area, this locality sits inside it, so read the figure as the district’s.
Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.
Lately the record’s mostly rubbish & dumping, 4 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 13 March 2026.
One for the quiz, Ataahua enters the written record on 28 November 1905, “Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 November 1905)”, Papers Past.
As reported 23 on record
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Ataahua
- Ataahua enters the written record on 28 November 1905, “Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 November 1905)”, Papers Past.
- “Ataahua” appears somewhere in 60 of the archive’s records, title, description or body.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance, not by phrase.
- The first report the feed ever carried here: rubbish/recycling, 6 August 2016, at 2471 Christchurch Akaroa Rd.
- The street that keeps coming up is Christchurch Akaroa Road, reported on 13 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside Banks Peninsula ward, the Banks Peninsula community board is its local layer. The whole roll is at /wards.
Lately the newest reports
Overgrown Vegetation346 McQueens Valley Road
A company who I'm guessing was employed by Orion trimmed all the trees along our road. They then sent a mulcher down and mulched it all up. it's thick and…
Facility - General Request2531 Christchurch Akaroa Road
Heat pumps/air conditioning units have been removed from the outside of the community hall. Covers for the units were found behind the hall and the units…
Reports per year down 60% 2024→2025
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What gets reported
Exactly what people say
The suburb today
No boundary is on record for Ataahua, the joins that count inside an outline (the crash tally, the ground layers, the area figures) stay unanswered rather than guessed.
Before any of that
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Ataahua, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.
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Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 November 1905)
…tions at sale sale at 1 pm r latter auctioneer glud wilb travel to port levy little river ataahua teddington and governor bay should sufficient inducement offer the pure-bred clydesdale stjllwn good t…Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 December 1905)
…of ellesmere the courthouse little river principal the courthouse akaroa the schoolhouse ataahua the schoolhouse doyleston the county council chambers duvauchelle the schoolhouse greenpark the school…Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 December 1905)
…aim uvil vsiewieie mb fob conetipatidiii l flis 5 9 will travel to port levy littlk river ataahua tkd dington and governor bay should sufficient inducement offer thb pure-bred clydesdale stallion good…Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
PERSONAL. (Star, 21 November 1906)
…llespie new brighten pupil-teacher mr c mkinney the resignations of mr a scheie master at ataahua and miss edith rogers mistress at doric were received and accepted mr james mills managing director pf…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 May 1908)
…gg wool ston n 4701 anted elderly lady to look after iw valid state wages apply a je prio ataahua 4750 wanted to buy horse muet be eound and fast with trial appiy wo george street v 4748 wanted marrie…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SPORTING. (Feilding Star, 03 July 1909)
sporting ataahua out of danger by blbotbio tblbgbafh copybight per pitess association melbourne july 2 the new zealand…Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH RACES (Grey River Argus, 25 June 1910)
…jingle whatakura ruemac lion heart xavier paritutu arc light mahuta fandango stone ginger ataahua ootea feu de joie…Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 25 June 1910)
…n pingle whatakura reumac lionheart xavier paritutu arclight mahuta fandango stone ginger ataahua aotere and feu de joie…Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
C.J.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 June 1910)
…le whatakura ruemac lionheart xavier paritutu l arc light maliuta fandrr f stone i ginger ataahua aotea and lou do joie i…Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SPORTING (Wanganui Chronicle, 27 June 1910)
…ingle whatakura rueznac lion heart xavier paritutu arc light mahuta fandango stone ginger ataahua aoteaj feu de joie…Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The wire on Ataahua 5 lately
Paratrophis microphylla seen — Ataahua 7672, New ZealandiNaturalist · sarah_richardson ·
Banks Peninsula Sun Hebe seen — Ataahua 7672, New ZealandiNaturalist · blakely_j ·
Coprosma rigida seen — Ataahua 7672, New ZealandiNaturalist · blakely_j ·
Spanish Heath seen — Ataahua 7672, New ZealandiNaturalist · blakely_j ·
Yellow wood seen — Ataahua 7672, New ZealandiNaturalist · blakely_j ·
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Compare Ataahua with Gebbies Valley · Tai Tapu · Charteris Bay · Little River · Governors Bay · Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Ataahua?
A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 26 council reports for it, the first filed in August 2016.
What gets reported in Ataahua?
26 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (9), roads & footpaths (8), trees & parks (4). 4 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.
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