Suburb vs suburb
Pick two suburbs, the same record answers for both. Reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops and the places the register remembers, in one table with the caveats still attached.
Counts are what the public record holds, a report tally measures the stream, not the suburb’s virtue.
Or try one: the city vs Riccarton · Linwood vs Phillipstown · Akaroa vs Lyttelton
| Governors Bay | Tai Tapu | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 900 2023 | 1,360 2023 |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 882 indicative | — |
| Census households | 339 | — |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | — |
| 65+ (Census) | 19% | — |
| Area | 33.17 km² | 32.68 km² |
| People per km² | 27 | 42 |
| Reports filed | 900 | 56 |
| Rank on the roll | 80th of 108 | 104th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 27 | 2 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2022 |
| Busiest day | 2023-09-25 12 reports | 2024-11-04 5 reports |
| Crashes on record | 106 4 fatal · 46 serious | 0 |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 6 biggest M4.0 | 1 biggest M3.6 |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | 0.9% 29 ha | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | 8% of the outline | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | 6% of the outline +70% broad overlay | — |
| The remembered ground | 49% of the outline +5% silent-file | 0% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | 4% of the outline +4% identified only | — |
| The kept view | 80% of the outline +23% outstanding · 1 ridgeline | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | – | – |
| The drawn water | 74 reaches (Stream Reserve Drain) · 4% setback strips | 1 reach (Halswell River) |
| The allowed shape | 0% under density overlays | – |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 86 frames filed · 2012–2014 | – |
| The pedal network | – | – |
| The remembered names | 9 plaques · Cholmondeley Reserve, Kennedys Bush | – |
| The rules on the ground | 9 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga | 0 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga |
| On the hazard register | – | – |
| Made ground on file | 7 parcels 1 unvouched | – |
| Surveyed rocks | 772 rocks 136 fell · 139 wobble easy | 6 rocks none fell |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel none verified | – |
| The model’s verdict | – | – |
| Engineered defences | – | – |
| The canopy | 121 trees 20 veterans · 23 remembered felled | – |
| The plan’s word | Rural Banks Peninsula 71% of the outline | – |
| The plan’s reservations | – | – |
| The plan’s exceptions | – | – |
| The listed city | 12 scheduled items 4 highly significant | – |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets 138 · Graffiti 109 · Parks 73 | General Request 26 · Dumped Rubbish 6 · Pothole 5 |
| Schools | 1 | 0 |
| Parks | 11 | 6 |
| Facilities | 1 | 0 |
| Tracks | 0 | 0 |
| Bus stops | — | — |
| Bus routes through | — | — |
| Heritage places | 13 | 13 |
Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Governors Bay's page · Tai Tapu's page
Questions, answered briefly
Governors Bay counts 900 people (2023) to Tai Tapu's 1,360; Governors Bay covers 33.17 km², Tai Tapu 32.68 km²; the record holds 900 reports for Governors Bay and 56 for Tai Tapu.
Even, 13 each on the heritage register.
The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.
Questions, answered briefly
Two suburbs' public records side by side: reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops, heritage places, population and density. Every number is the same dataset the suburb pages use.
Not necessarily. The record counts what people chose to report, population, awareness and reporting habits all move the number. Read it as the suburb’s report stream, not a complaint league table.
The same public sources as everywhere else on the site: council reports via Snap Send Solve, NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, the council’s parks and facilities layers, Metro’s stop data, the Heritage New Zealand register, and census figures via Wikipedia’s suburb summaries.