Sign of the Kiwi
Sign of the Kiwi is a restaurant at Summit Road, Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula.
Checked 23 Oct 2026
Sign of the Kiwi cafe Best Date Scones + Coffee in Town! The Sign of the Kiwi serves great coffee and delicious, fresh food!… Read full description ↓
Sits inside Sign of the Kiwi and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan · Licensed to SOTK Limited, to 27 Sept 2027
The only Local cuisine listings on the record
Summit Road
Opening hours
| Monday – Friday | 8.30 am to 4 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday – Sunday | 8.30 am to 5 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 55 hours a week, by the map’s count.
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 1 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other restaurants
More nearby restaurants 5
All 2 restaurants in Governors Bay → · Every one in the city →
Also in Governors Bay
More businesses in Governors Bay 5
What the record holds 12 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Summit Road | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants, Local | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 329 9966 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | signofthekiwi.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| signofthekiwi.eric@gmail.com | OpenStreetMap | |
| Menu | signofthekiwi.co.nz | Its own website |
| Wheelchair | Not wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Toilets | OpenStreetMap |
| Payment | Cash | OpenStreetMap |
| Encyclopaedia | Sign of the Kiwi, Wikipedia | Wikidata |
| Food registration | reg CCC000768/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 16 Dec 2026 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 27 Sept 2027, held by SOTK Limited | Council licence register |
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What its website says
Read the full description business website
Sign of the Kiwi cafe Best Date Scones + Coffee in Town! The Sign of the Kiwi serves great coffee and delicious, fresh food! Come up and see us and enjoy the view. Loads of seating inside and out, and an icream parlour for those sunny days! Find out more! Follow us or Leave us […]
— Its own website. Read from its own site, a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Open Space Natural | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Sign of the Kiwi and Setting (Heritage NZ category 1), highly significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
Sister City GardenThe reports nearby
58 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 48 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Road Blockage
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Pavement - General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Poles and Signage - General
Park - General Request
Hazard, vehicle
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
A restaurant in Governors Bay, Christchurch.
Summit Road, Governors Bay, on Summit Road. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 27 Sept 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 329 9966, its website, email signofthekiwi.eric@gmail.com.
Monday – Friday: 8.30 am to 4 pm; Saturday – Sunday: 8.30 am to 5 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Ōtoromiro Hotel (1.9 km), Tussock Hill Vineyard (3.0 km), Arlo (3.5 km), every one in the city.
nearest park: Coronation Hill Reserve (111 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Christchurch District Plan layers · Wikidata · The business’s own website · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 6
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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