# Corsair Bay, Christchurch

574 council reports since July 2015, the 84th busiest suburb in the city. 467 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/corsair-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/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

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.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyttelton_Harbour), a tertiary source

## 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 (467 on record)
- [9–33 Park Tce, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/8927051)
- [Corsair Bay Reserve Park Terrace, Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/report/8885543)
- [Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/8875976)
- [65–69 Cressy Tce, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/8698362)
- [9–33 Park Tce, Lyttelton 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/8598840)
- [72 Park Terrace, Corsair Bay 8082](https://www.chch.live/report/8518851)

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

## 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.*
- [Corsair Bay swimming](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48496696), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Swimming in Corsair Bay, 1915](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-46086471), 1910 · Canterbury Stories
- [Bathers at Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-51748207), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Rāpaki, Cass Bay, and Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791489), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Corsair Bay, Aschoff family, 1930s](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-46086481), 1930 · Canterbury Stories
- [Naomi Poulsen & Friends at Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-46087592), 1930 · Canterbury Stories
- [Swimming at Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-48594364), 1930 · Canterbury Stories
- [Methodist Ladies Guild Picnic, Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-46097537), 1934 · Canterbury Stories
- [Corsair Bay, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-22318098), 1947 · TAPUHI

## The record on Corsair Bay
- Corsair Bay enters the written record in 17 March 1858, [“Shipping News. (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580317.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Corsair Bay” appears somewhere in 53 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: graffiti, 13 July 2015, at 19 Park Terrace.
- Its busiest day was 29 September 2021, 5 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Park Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/corsair-bay/park-terrace), reported on 253 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 (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 of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
16 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 24 February 2022.

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
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8927051), 15 Sept 2026 · 9–33 Park Tce, “Dead shag possibly bird flu not sure Cass Bay next to the jetty”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8885543), 8 Sept 2026 · Corsair 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…”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8875976), 7 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “This vehicle has been parked here in this position for 8 days Has not moved. Is it stolen ? Or just broken down. ?”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8698362), 6 Aug 2026 · 65–69 Cressy Tce, “A deep pothole has appeared at the Corsair Bay entrance to Cressy Terrace in Lyttelton. The photos don’t show the…”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8598840), 19 Jul 2026 · 9–33 Park Tce
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8518851), 4 Jul 2026 · 72 Park Terrace, “why is there concrete spilled on this walking track next to the corsair bay work? please make sure its removed”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8373651), 7 Jun 2026 · 34–44 Park Tce, “Dangerous pathway damage tripping hazard needs fixing”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8343305), 1 Jun 2026 · Park 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…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8194830), 4 May 2026 · 19 Park Terrace, “OLD MAN'S BEARD TOXIC WEED. multiple areas driving from lyttleton towards governors Bay particularly before cosiar Bay…”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7999545), 30 Mar 2026 · 56–80 Park Tce, “Tree branch down across walking track not far up the track from corsairs bay in the directions towards Cass Bay”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7998879), 30 Mar 2026 · 64A Park Terrace Region 8082, “Massive pine tree blocking pathway needs to be removed ASAP please corsair Bay Walk way heading towards Cass Bay.”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7982369), 27 Mar 2026 · 66 Park Terrace, “tree down”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 6
- 2016, 12
- 2017, 40
- 2018, 32
- 2019, 37
- 2020, 51
- 2021, 60
- 2022, 59
- 2023, 82
- 2024, 81
- 2025, 76

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 144
- Trees & parks, 139
- Rubbish & dumping, 104
- Water & drains, 74
- Roads & footpaths, 72
- Everything else, 27
- Vehicles & parking, 7
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 7

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 109
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 70
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 47
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 36
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 28
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 27
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 25
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 22

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Park Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/corsair-bay/park-terrace), reported on 253 separate days
- [Cressy Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/corsair-bay/cressy-terrace), reported on 25 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 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (1)
- [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), 8 ha · playground, 9 pieces

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.
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 at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/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: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
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: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/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: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **2** inscribed plaques, [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/244-corsair-bay-reserve), [Park Terrace Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1039-park-terrace-reserve) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/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 survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/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. 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 **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 canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/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 a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Shipping News. (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580317.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580317.2.15.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [ARRIVED. (Lyttelton Times, 08 February 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600208.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Star, 12 May 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18750512.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1875-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAGISTRATES' COURTS. (Timaru Herald, 18 July 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18770718.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 13 August 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18810813.2.12.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [A MYSTERIOUS FIRE. (Grey River Argus, 13 August 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18810813.2.7.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 11 April 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940411.2.56), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1894-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Corsair Bay swimming](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive789/ccl-cs-36831), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [BUBONIC PLAGUE. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 May 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19020515.2.26.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1902-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record (7 injury crashes)

7 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Park Terrace at Cressy Terrace](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=park-tce&suburb=corsair-bay), 4 injury crashes.

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

## The buses through it (3 stops)

3 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 28](https://www.chch.live/buses/28), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8).
- Park Tce
- Park Tce near Cressy Tce near Park Tce
- Park Tce near Cressy Tce near Park Tce

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

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

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Corsair Bay with [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=corsair-bay) · [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=lyttelton) · [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=rapaki) · [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=heathcote-valley) · [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=diamond-harbour) · [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=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 14 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 →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=corsair-bay)

**Does Corsair Bay have buses?**

3 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 28, 8.

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