Corsair Bay, Christchurch
574 council reports since July 2015, the 84th busiest suburb in the city. 467 photographs on record.
The record also holds about $600 a week to rent· 2023 Census snapshot· 467 photographs· 9 old photographs· 1 park· the mapped tsunami reach covers 3% of the outline· slope-hazard bands cover 22% of the outline· the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 100% of the outline· landscape schedules over 69% of the outline· setback strips over 3% of the outline· 13 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 2 remembered names on this ground· 2 drawn rules bind this ground· 1 parcels of made ground· 82 surveyed rocks· 7 council structures on the register· 80 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 7 injury crashes· 3 bus stops· the council’s fix times· 40 documents
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
$600/week
middle half $473–$640
New bonds here ran at about $600 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $473 and $640, across 24 bonds lodged, 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.
By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
- 1-bedroom house, $630 a week · 9 new bonds
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.
The ground: the mapped tsunami reach covers 3% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 1 park and 3 bus stops, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 59 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 15 September 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 29 September 2021, 5 reports in a single day.
2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here
About 3,117 people and 1,353 occupied private households in the “Lyttelton” statistical area, grouped from 19 SA1 areas. Nearby statistical areas stand in for this place, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.
More of the 2023 Census
- Born overseas27% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity12% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity2% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity3% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet86% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles56% of stated households
Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.
Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.
About the suburb
Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō is a major inlet on the northwest side of Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other major inlet is Akaroa Harbour, which enters from the southern side of the peninsula. Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō enters from the northern coast of the peninsula, heading in a predominantly westerly direction for approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from its mouth to the aptly-named Head of the Bay near Teddington. The harbour sits in an eroded caldera of the ancient Banks Peninsula Volcano, the steep sides of which form the Port Hills on its northern shore.
As reported 467 on record
The suburb, back then 9 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.
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Corsair Bay
- Corsair Bay enters the written record on 17 March 1858, “Shipping News. (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)”, Papers Past.
- “Corsair Bay” appears somewhere in 53 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: graffiti, 13 July 2015, at 19 Park Terrace.
- Its busiest day on record was 29 September 2021, 5 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Park Terrace, reported on 253 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
Poles and Signage - GeneralCorsair Bay Reserve Park Terrace
I hope not too many people go down to celebrate on 31 September or they'll be in for a big disappointment. I hope they've done a better job on the works than…
Abandoned VehicleCanterbury
This vehicle has been parked here in this position for 8 days Has not moved. Is it stolen ? Or just broken down. ?
Pothole65–69 Cressy Tce
A deep pothole has appeared at the Corsair Bay entrance to Cressy Terrace in Lyttelton. The photos don’t show the depth of the pothole. It needs to be filled…
Pavement - General72 Park Terrace
why is there concrete spilled on this walking track next to the corsair bay work? please make sure its removed
PotholePark Tce near Cressy Tce Region 8082
The surface of the newly sealed part of Cressy Terrace at the Corsair Bay end is increasingly sinking and 2 new pot holes are appearing. These seem to be in a…
Overgrown Vegetation19 Park Terrace, Corsair Bay
OLD MAN'S BEARD TOXIC WEED. multiple areas driving from lyttleton towards governors Bay particularly before cosiar Bay .very evident amongst trees, bush on…
Fallen Tree56–80 Park Tce
Tree branch down across walking track not far up the track from corsairs bay in the directions towards Cass Bay
Fallen Tree64A Park Terrace Region 8082
Massive pine tree blocking pathway needs to be removed ASAP please corsair Bay Walk way heading towards Cass Bay.
Reports per year down 6% 2024→2025
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What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 795 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Corsair Bay took 5 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 16 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 24 February 2022.
Work orders, not the resident reports above, 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 · the whole city’s fix times.
The suburb today
Schools here
Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Hillview Christian School · Lyttelton Primary School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · St Anne's School (Woolston) · and 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.
The green here 1
- Corsair Bay Reserve8 ha · playground, 9 pieces
Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.
The sea’s reach
The mapped tsunami extent covers 3% 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 drawn at /tsunami.
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover 22% of this outline, about 6 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers 76% 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 is drawn at /slope.
The files record 1 parcel of made or characterised ground inside this outline. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.
The rockfall survey mapped 82 rocks inside this outline across 19 survey pins, 6 came down, 7 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the whole survey is drawn at /boulders.
The council’s structure register stands 7 assets on this ground, 5 sets of steps, 1 boat ramp, 1 shelter, sited at Corsair Bay Reserve, Corsair Bay, Park Terrace Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 80 living trees inside this outline, 5 veterans among them, 2 carrying a protection, mostly Ribbon gum eucalyptus, Gum, English Oak. The file remembers 12 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.
The plan files 42% of this outline under Rural Banks Peninsula, 24% residential, the rest mostly Residential Banks Peninsula 24%, Open Space Community Parks 21%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 100% of this outline, about 25 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.
The plan’s landscape schedules cover 69% of this outline, about 17 hectares across 2 scheduled areas, and 27% 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 is drawn at /landscape.
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 1 classified reach, 3% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 10 m off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /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 is drawn at /density.
The rebuild’s cameras filed 13 photographs on this ground, 2012–2016, 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 is drawn at /rebuild.
The remembered names stand on this ground, 2 inscribed plaques, Corsair Bay Reserve, Park Terrace Reserve among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.
The rulebook binds this ground, 2 drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.
The crash record 7 injury crashes
7 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Corsair Bay's outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner that keeps appearing: Park Terrace at Cressy Terrace, 4 injury crashes.
The buses through it 3 stops
3 Metro stops inside Corsair Bay's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 28, route 8.
- Park Tce
- Park Tce near Cressy Tce near Park Tce
- Park Tce near Cressy Tce near Park Tce
Before any of that
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Corsair Bay, 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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Shipping News. (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
ARRIVED. (Lyttelton Times, 08 February 1860)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Star, 12 May 1875)
…partly a re-vote about 700 is for tho purohaso of land to continuo tho orphanago road to corsair bay it is intondod to employ tho prison labour upou the formation littlo river and akaroa 1500 of this…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
MAGISTRATES' COURTS. (Timaru Herald, 18 July 1877)
…with costs 4s slaughter-house liomrs�� a renewal lof the license for a slaughter-house at corsair bay was granted to messrs garforth and lee custo ly was charged with stealing type and printing materi…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 13 August 1881)
…tals for infectious diseases and disinfecting chambers malcolm miller shipwrights shop in corsair bay and a ketch that was on the slips was destroyed by fire on tuesday night no one was on board the k…Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
A MYSTERIOUS FIRE. (Grey River Argus, 13 August 1881)
a mysterious fire christchurch august 12 mr malcom miller shipwright shed in corsair bay lyttelton and the ketch xxx which was on the slip had been destroyed by fire during the night the…Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Local & General. (Star, 11 April 1894)
…he first and second class championships of this club will be fired on j the club range at corsair bay on saturday next when a couple of prizes will also be j j fired for in each class j the art galler…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Corsair Bay swimming
Swimmers in the swimming enclosure at Corsair Bay. Christchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collection…Christchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries ·
BUBONIC PLAGUE. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 May 1902)
…spocted at lyttclton and arrangements havo been made to erect a canvas plaguo hospital at corsair bay a mile and a half from town in caso isolation is decided upon tho patient is a littlo girl who has…Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
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Next door
Compare Corsair Bay with Cass Bay · Lyttelton · Rapaki · Heathcote Valley · Diamond Harbour · Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Corsair Bay?
Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō is a major inlet on the northwest side of Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other major inlet is Akaroa Harbour, which enters from the southern side of the peninsula. The public record holds 574 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.
How many people does the 2023 Census count for Corsair 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 Corsair Bay?
574 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (144), trees & parks (139), rubbish & dumping (104). 59 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.
How many crashes has Corsair Bay had?
7 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
Does Corsair Bay have buses?
3 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 28, 8.
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