# Coutts Island, Christchurch

427 council reports since July 2015, the 90th busiest suburb in the city. 320 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/coutts-island

## 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

Rent: too few new bonds for a median this quarter, last published about **$595 a week**.

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

## As reported (320 on record)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9032282)
- [59 Coutts Island Road, Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/report/9011374)
- [71 Coutts Island Road, Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/report/9011368)
- [211 Coutts Island Road, Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/report/9011329)
- [219 Coutts Island Road, Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/report/9011317)
- [217 Coutts Island Road, Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/report/9011313)

[320 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=coutts-island)

## The record on Coutts Island
- Coutts Island enters the written record in 6 June 1860, [“Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Coutts Island” appears somewhere in 28 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: rubbish/recycling, 11 July 2015, at 251 Coutts Island Rd.
- Its busiest day was 1 October 2026, 7 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Coutts Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/coutts-island-road), reported on 123 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (467 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Coutts Island 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 10 weeks or longer.
23 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 14 August 2021.

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
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9032282), 5 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Groynes dog exercise area adjacent to stream access area. Gate lock has been broken with bolt cutters, vandalism.”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9011374), 1 Oct 2026 · 59 Coutts Island Road, “pothole”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9011368), 1 Oct 2026 · 71 Coutts Island Road, “pothole”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9011329), 1 Oct 2026 · 211 Coutts Island Road, “pothole”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9011317), 1 Oct 2026 · 219 Coutts Island Road, “potholes”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9011313), 1 Oct 2026 · 217 Coutts Island Road
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9011304), 1 Oct 2026 · 211 Coutts Island Road, “potholes”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9011303), 1 Oct 2026 · 211 Coutts Island Road, “potholes”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8934417), 17 Sept 2026 · Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, “Unable to read road sign due to be overgrown hedges covering it”
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8923684), 15 Sept 2026 · Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, “very slow changing traffic controls on two open lanes causing unnecessary traffic delays”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8904312), 11 Sept 2026 · 12 Dickeys Rd, “Mattress and rubbish dumped. Thanks”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8808213), 26 Aug 2026 · Dickeys Reserve 66 Dickeys Road, “lots of rubbish along the roadside”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 11
- 2016, 8
- 2017, 3
- 2018, 11
- 2019, 21
- 2020, 25
- 2021, 39
- 2022, 34
- 2023, 87
- 2024, 62
- 2025, 78

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 178
- Trees & parks, 134
- Roads & footpaths, 66
- Everything else, 15
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 13
- Water & drains, 12
- Vehicles & parking, 6
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 3

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 121
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 58
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 44
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 30
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 23
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 23
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 18
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 17

## On the heritage register (1)
- [St David's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/142), 831 Main North Road

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Coutts Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/coutts-island-road), reported on 123 separate days
- [Dickeys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/dickeys-road), reported on 77 separate days
- [Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/johns-road), reported on 6 separate days
- [Lorimas Road](https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/lorimas-road), reported on 2 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) · [Pūtahi Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-putahi-belfast-school) · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (4)
- [Groynes](https://www.chch.live/park/1092-groynes), Regional · 92 ha · playground, 153 pieces
- [Waimakariri River Regional Park](https://www.chch.live/park/2523-waimakariri-river-regional-park), Regional · 32 ha
- [Dickeys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1082-dickeys-reserve), 11 ha
- [Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/996-coutts-island-war-memorial-reserve), 1 ha

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The tracks through here (1)
- [Combined Mtb And Walk](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1205-combined-mtb-and-walk), 2.6 km · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 8.6% of this outline, about 103 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **2%** of this outline, about 25 hectares, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **7%** of this outline, about 87 hectares across **3** scheduled sites, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **13%** of this outline, about 161 hectares across **1** scheduled area, **13%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. 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 flood map draws **11%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 136 hectares across **4** mapped areas. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s noise overlays cover **88%** of this outline, about 1,052 hectares across **5** mapped overlays, **85%** of it inside the airport’s air-noise contours, where the 55 dB line bites, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **104** classified reaches, the plan calling **Waimakariri River South Branch** and **Otukaikino Creek**
           by name, **13%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. 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 remembered names stand on this ground, **8** inscribed plaques, [Coutts Island War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/10260-coutts-island-war-memorial), [Groynes](https://www.chch.live/plaque/308401-groynes) 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, **7** drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules, 1 bottle-store buffer; the outline sits inside the takiwā of 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 **3** parcels 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 2019 liquefaction study put **98%** of this outline in the **possible** class. 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 **5** assets on this ground, 3 bridges, 2 sets of steps, sited at Groynes. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **29** records inside this outline, plus a marked dog exercise area and 28 pieces of dog-agility gear. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **51** living trees inside this outline, **7** veterans among them, 12 carrying a protection, mostly English Oak, Lombardy Poplar, Maiden's Gum. 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 **75%** of this outline under **Rural Waimakariri**, the rest mostly Open Space Water and Margins 16%, Specific Purpose (Golf Resort) 2%. 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 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.2 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 (4)
- [War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/war-memorial), monument
- [Otukaikino Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/otukaikino-creek), waterway · 8.6 km
- [Ōtūkaikino Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/otukaikino-stream), waterway · 3.9 km
- [Waimakariri River](https://www.chch.live/river/waimakariri-river), waterway · 160.8 km

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 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (Daily Southern Cross, 03 July 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18600703.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Lyttelton Times, 21 November 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601121.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.19.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTH. (Otago Daily Times, 31 August 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18710831.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800910.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800921.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840923.2.10.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Sporting. (Evening Post, 17 November 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18871117.2.39), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1887-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 08 November 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18891108.2.24.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1889-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Coutts Island
- [Something seen — Coutts Island Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407093894), iNaturalist · fredbro, 10 Oct 2026
- [ivies seen — HH65+JW, Coutts Island, Christchurch 7670, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402586515), iNaturalist · birb_chaser, 23 Sept 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (5 injury crashes)

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

The corner that keeps appearing: [Coutts Island Road at Lorimas Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=coutts-island-rd&suburb=coutts-island), 2 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (580 recorded victimisations)

580 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft. 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=coutts-island)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (4 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-coutts-island), 2
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-coutts-island), 1
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-coutts-island), 1

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

## Next door
- [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast)
- [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood)
- [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/ouruhia)
- [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga)
- [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/casebrook)
- [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Coutts Island with [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=coutts-island) · [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=coutts-island&b=northwood) · [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=coutts-island&b=ouruhia) · [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=coutts-island&b=kainga) · [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=casebrook&b=coutts-island) · [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=coutts-island&b=redwood), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Coutts Island?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 427 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

**What gets reported in Coutts Island?**

427 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (178), trees & parks (134), roads & footpaths (66). 69 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Coutts Island had?**

5 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=coutts-island)

**What stood in Coutts Island before?**

The heritage register holds 1 place here, [St David's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/142). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Coutts%20Island%22)

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