# Cass Bay, Christchurch

538 council reports since June 2015, the 86th busiest suburb in the city. 429 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/cass-bay

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$600 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $473–$640, across 24 bonds, up 9% on a year ago. That’s about **$50 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Lyttelton area, which takes in this coast with its neighbours.
- 1-bedroom house, $630 a week · 9 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 3,117 people and 1,353 occupied private households, grouped from 19 SA1 areas in Lyttelton. Nearby statistical areas stand in for this place, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 15% (471 people)
- 65 and over: about 17% (540 people)
- Born overseas: about 27% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 12% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 86% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 56% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (429 on record)
- [8 Harbour View Tce, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/9073153)
- [50 Bayview Pl, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/9073002)
- [4 Cass Bay Place, Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/report/9046079)
- [50 Bayview Pl, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/9040912)
- [50 Bayview Pl, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/9032093)
- [39 Harbour View Terrace, Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/report/9020427)

[429 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=cass-bay)

## The suburb, back then (2 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Aerial photomosaic of Port Hills above Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791494), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Rāpaki, Cass Bay, and Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791489), 1926 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Cass Bay
- Cass Bay enters the written record in 17 April 1852, [“Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520417.2.20.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Cass Bay” appears somewhere in 43 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: water supply, 9 June 2015, at 48 Bayview Pl.
- Its busiest day was 16 January 2022, 8 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Bayview Place](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/bayview-place), reported on 110 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (930 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Cass Bay took **7 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
23 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 16 March 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Lately
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9073153), 11 Oct 2026 · 8 Harbour View Tce, “The repair to the sinkhole has opened up again”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9073002), 11 Oct 2026 · 50 Bayview Pl, “It looks like the weekenders today were a bit too much for the New playground. Recommending securing the connection to…”
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/9046079), 7 Oct 2026 · 4 Cass Bay Place, “the reserve between 4 and 6 cass bay place. at bottom of stairs bad sewer leak”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9040912), 6 Oct 2026 · 50 Bayview Pl, “Playground bird stolen, community reported to police as they have cctv footage. Sending a report to capture theft in…”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9032093), 5 Oct 2026 · 50 Bayview Pl, “The newly installed bollard has been hit again”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9020427), 2 Oct 2026 · 39 Harbour View Terrace, “Steel cable has come detached from the bollard.”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8974317), 24 Sept 2026 · 5 Governors Bay Rd, “Road is subsiding outside our house, 3 Governors Bay road”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8974086), 24 Sept 2026 · 15 Governors Bay Road
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8956000), 21 Sept 2026 · 50 Bayview Pl, “Water from dog bowl causing a very wet patch on lawn. Also will be an issue in heavy rain as this is a low point. Needs…”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8912150), 13 Sept 2026 · 8 Kaikomako Pl, “I have reported this before and it has not been Fixed. This morning a young child was riding his bike and went over…”
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8911716), 13 Sept 2026 · 64 Governors Bay Rd, “The graffiti on the steadfast park is on one of the newly refurbished buildings new roof and new cladding it’s not…”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8911679), 13 Sept 2026 · 31 Harbour View Terrace, “Man with a tent has pitched up Saturday 12th September. he is talking to himself, approaching the public and just…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 3
- 2016, 3
- 2017, 9
- 2018, 19
- 2019, 21
- 2020, 35
- 2021, 58
- 2022, 69
- 2023, 87
- 2024, 87
- 2025, 97

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 159
- Trees & parks, 154
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 84
- Roads & footpaths, 70
- Rubbish & dumping, 25
- Everything else, 24
- Vehicles & parking, 15
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 7

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 91
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 60
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 38
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 37
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 33
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 24
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 18
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 17

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Bayview Place](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/bayview-place), reported on 110 separate days
- [Harbour View Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/harbour-view-terrace), reported on 76 separate days
- [Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/governors-bay-road), reported on 66 separate days
- [Mariners Cove](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/mariners-cove), reported on 31 separate days
- [Cass Bay Place](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/cass-bay-place), reported on 28 separate days
- [Park Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/park-terrace), reported on 16 separate days
- [Kaikomako Place](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/kaikomako-place), reported on 9 separate days
- [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cass-bay/summit-road), reported on 3 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (5)
- [Hmnzs Steadfast](https://www.chch.live/park/1279-hmnzs-steadfast), Regional · 23 ha
- [Pony Point](https://www.chch.live/park/1718-pony-point), Regional · 7 ha
- [Cass Bay Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1696-cass-bay-playground), playground, 22 pieces
- [Cass Bay Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1826-cass-bay-walkway)
- [Police Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1650-police-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.
The mapped tsunami extent covers **1%** of this outline. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **21%** of this outline, about 56 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **79%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **17%** of this outline, about 45 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga. A silent-file precinct covers **56%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **90%** of this outline, about 242 hectares across **6** scheduled areas, **60%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **4%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. **1** main ridgeline runs through, the skyline itself is protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **12** classified reaches, **10%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **1** hill density line holds the high ground low. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **122** photographs on this ground, 2011–2014, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **0.1 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The rulebook binds this ground, **8** drawn instruments, 7 of them dog rules, 1 camping zone, Rāpaki Prohibited Area bans camping outright; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga and Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**1** parcel inside this outline sits on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **5** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly loess, sand. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
The rockfall survey mapped **762** rocks inside this outline across 234 survey pins, **419** came down, 71 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **2%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, 2% of the outline fell inside an assessed area. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **21** assets on this ground, 9 sets of steps, 5 bridges, 3 shelters, 2 boat ramps, sited at Pony Point, Corsair Bay Reserve, Hmnzs Steadfast, Cass Bay Walkway. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The register counts **17** living trees inside this outline, mostly Cherry, Flowering Cherry, Macrocarpa. The file remembers **16** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **52%** of this outline under **Rural Banks Peninsula**, **7%** residential, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 32%, Residential Banks Peninsula 7%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 11 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.2 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (3)
- [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/beach/cass-bay), beach
- [Ōtūherekio](https://www.chch.live/coast/otuherekio), headland
- [Watchtower lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/watchtower-lookout), lookout

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520417.2.20.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 24 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520424.2.23.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.16.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 October 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521009.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521211.2.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 June 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530604.2.21.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 June 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530611.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 09 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530709.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530806.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record (16 injury crashes)

16 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Governors Bay Road at Mariners Cove](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=governors-bay-rd&suburb=cass-bay), 7 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=cass-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (4 recorded victimisations)

4 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 0 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=cass-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (2 stops)

2 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8).
- Governors Bay Rd
- Governors Bay Rd near Mariners Cv

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (1 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-cass-bay), 1

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay)
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/rapaki)
- [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley)
- [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa)
- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Cass Bay with [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=corsair-bay) · [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=lyttelton) · [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=rapaki) · [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=heathcote-valley) · [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa) · [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=diamond-harbour), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Cass Bay?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 538 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Cass Bay?**

About 3,117 people and 1,353 occupied private households (nearby SA1s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Cass Bay?**

538 reports on record, most often water & drains (159), trees & parks (154), graffiti & vandalism (84). 73 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Cass Bay had?**

16 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=cass-bay)

**Does Cass Bay have buses?**

2 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 8.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Cass%20Bay · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Cass%20Bay