# Diamond Harbour, Christchurch

1,751 council reports since June 2015, the 67th busiest suburb in the city. 1,416 photographs on record.
1,610 people at the 2023 Census, 533 to the square kilometre across 3.0 km².

https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour

## 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

Diamond Harbour is a small town on Banks Peninsula, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is on the peninsula's northern coast, on the southern shores of Lyttelton Harbour, and is administratively part of the city of Christchurch.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Harbour%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

Rent: too few new bonds for a median this quarter, last published about **$575 a week**.

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

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 1,536 people and 693 occupied private households, grouped from 13 SA1 areas in Diamond Harbour, Teddington. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.


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 (1,416 on record)
- [Stoddards Rd, Diamond Harbour 8972](https://www.chch.live/report/9059790)
- [Stoddards Rd, Diamond Harbour 8972](https://www.chch.live/report/9048614)
- [7A Whero Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9022381)
- [2D Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972](https://www.chch.live/report/9022309)
- [20B Purau Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972](https://www.chch.live/report/9001851)
- [2L Waipapa Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972](https://www.chch.live/report/8989793)

[1,416 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=diamond-harbour)

## The suburb, back then (11 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.*
- [Fort Jervois drawbridge](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53790975), 1940 · Canterbury Stories
- [Fort Jervois inspection](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53790976), 1940 · Canterbury Stories
- [Gun pit, Fort Jervois](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-53790979), 1940 · Canterbury Stories
- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46078184), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Lyttelton ferry wharf to Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-64773860), 1910 · Canterbury Stories
- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46098139), 1924 · Canterbury Stories
- [Diamond Harbour Estate, Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46104119), 1928 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ferries at Diamond Harbour jetty](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-64773905), 1929 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ferries at Diamond Harbour jetty](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-64773902), 1929 · Canterbury Stories
- [Houseboat at Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-64773926), 1939 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 1 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Diamond Harbour
- Diamond Harbour enters the written record in 16 July 1853, [“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).
- “Diamond Harbour” appears somewhere in 123 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 2 June 2015, at 26-28 Koromiko Crescent.
- Its busiest day was 4 December 2022, 10 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Marine Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/marine-drive), reported on 245 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).
- On foot: [The quarantine shore](https://www.chch.live/walks/diamond-harbour-quarantine), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (2,644 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Diamond Harbour took **2 weeks** 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 5 months or longer.
85 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 15 February 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).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Diamond Harbour School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 m of it.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9059790), 9 Oct 2026 · Stoddards Rd, “Door broken on disabled toilet”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9048614), 7 Oct 2026 · Stoddards Rd, “Graffiti”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9022381), 3 Oct 2026 · 7A Whero Avenue, “graffiti on outside and inside”
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/9022309), 3 Oct 2026 · 2D Waipapa Avenue, “graffiti in 2 toilets”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9001851), 29 Sept 2026 · 20B Purau Avenue, “sad to see how unkempt the cemetery is at Diamond Harbour. I have never seen thinning other centuries, where dirt…”
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8989793), 27 Sept 2026 · 2L Waipapa Avenue, “carpark area flooded”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8983384), 25 Sept 2026 · 291 Marine Dr, “Instructions for directions to Burst water main with NO council valve to turn it off because it was never replaced as…”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8930753), 16 Sept 2026 · 1A Ranui Crescent, “when the new meter was installed our Fibre cable was damaged. the Fibre company fixed this with what I think is the box…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8912818), 13 Sept 2026 · 12 Ohinehau Lane, “I cadaver cactus taking over”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8871317), 6 Sept 2026 · 63 Bayview Rd, “Wilding pine in reserve starting to grow seed, needs to be taken care of before it does.”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8868324), 5 Sept 2026 · 4 Ranui Cres, “Asphalt pothole on narrow sidewalk”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8867839), 5 Sept 2026 · 6 Camp Bay Road, “this has not drained once since the council came to "fix" the gradient. not had a problem with this in 20 years until…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 30
- 2016, 37
- 2017, 78
- 2018, 154
- 2019, 192
- 2020, 88
- 2021, 174
- 2022, 242
- 2023, 192
- 2024, 158
- 2025, 208

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 547
- Water & drains, 527
- Trees & parks, 414
- Rubbish & dumping, 92
- Everything else, 69
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 66
- Vehicles & parking, 29
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 6

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 319
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 196
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 184
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 115
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 77
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 77
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 55
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 54

## On the heritage register (9)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Purau](https://www.chch.live/place/348), 16A Camp Bay Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Stoddart's Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/323), 18 Purau Avenue
- [Dwelling and Setting, The Whare](https://www.chch.live/place/347), 16A Camp Bay Road
- [Former Charteris Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/331)
- [Former Quarantine Barracks and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/474)
- [Millhouse and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/330)
- [Quarantine Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/394), 450 Camp Bay Road
- [Ripapa Island/ Fort Jervois and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/334)
- [Stables and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/332)

The register’s own page for the area: [Diamond Harbour on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/diamond-harbour)

On foot: [The quarantine shore](https://www.chch.live/walks/diamond-harbour-quarantine), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Marine Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/marine-drive), reported on 245 separate days
- [Waipapa Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/waipapa-avenue), reported on 244 separate days
- [Purau Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/purau-avenue), reported on 118 separate days
- [Ranui Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/ranui-crescent), reported on 60 separate days
- [Koromiko Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/koromiko-crescent), reported on 57 separate days
- [James Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/james-drive), reported on 42 separate days
- [Whero Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/whero-avenue), reported on 36 separate days
- [Hunters Road](https://www.chch.live/street/diamond-harbour/hunters-road), reported on 33 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Diamond Harbour School](https://www.chch.live/school/3327-diamond-harbour-school), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 412

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-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 1 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (19)
- [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), 22 ha · playground, 7 pieces
- [Coastal Cliff Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1346-coastal-cliff-reserve), 18 ha
- [Black Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1327-black-point-reserve), 1 ha
- [Purau Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1616-purau-foreshore), 1 ha
- [Laurenson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1184-laurenson-park)
- [Jervois Close Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1320-jervois-close-park)
- [Kirk Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1352-kirk-park), playground, 15 pieces
- [Rawhiti Street Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1271-rawhiti-street-park)
- [Purau Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1644-purau-esplanade-reserve)
- [James Drive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1590-james-drive-reserve), playground, 8 pieces
- [Purau Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1298-purau-recreation-ground), playground, 3 pieces
- [Rawhiti Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1110-rawhiti-street-reserve)
- [Charteris Bay Boat Ramp](https://www.chch.live/park/1469-charteris-bay-boat-ramp)
- [Andersons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1476-andersons-reserve)
- [Diamond Harbour Plantation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1813-diamond-harbour-plantation-reserve)
- [Purau Maori Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/999-purau-maori-reserve)
- [Ron Arnold Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1111-ron-arnold-reserve)
- [Marine Drive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1556-marine-drive-reserve)
- [Bayview Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1031-bayview-road-reserve)

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

## The civic shelf (3)
- [Diamond Harbour Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-83), Cemetery
- [Diamond Harbour Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-38), Library · Waipapa Ave, Diamond Harbour 8972
- [Diamond Harbour Recycling Depot](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-20), Transfer station

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Mount Herbert Parish / Mt Herbert Community Churches](https://www.chch.live/worship/mount-herbert-parish-mt-herbert-community-churches), an Anglican church · 85 Marine Drive
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-way-420654580), a place of worship

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).
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).
No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **97%** 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 302 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 **23%** of this outline, about 69 hectares across **6** scheduled areas, **3%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **23%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. 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, **38** classified reaches, the plan calling **Purau Stream** and **Church Gully Stream**
           by name, **4%** 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 **202** photographs on this ground, 2012–2014, wastewater 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, **11** inscribed plaques, [Diamond Harbour Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5430-diamond-harbour-cemetery), [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5443-stoddart-point-reserve), [James Drive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1639-james-drive-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, **15** drawn instruments, 11 of them dog rules, 3 camping zones, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Diamond Harbour Restricted Area and Purau Restricted Area; the other zone bans it outright, 1 bottle-store buffer; 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 **36** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly engineered fill, silt, topsoil. 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 **123** rocks inside this outline across 42 survey pins, **24** came down, 16 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).
**2** parcels inside this outline carry 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 council’s structure register stands **66** assets on this ground, 55 sets of steps, 5 boardwalks, 3 shelters, 2 bridges, sited at Stoddart Point Reserve, Coastal Cliff Reserve, Black Point Head To Head Walkw, Black Point Reserve. 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 **6** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 tennis, 1 petanque, 1 basketball, 1 cricket. 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 **624** living trees inside this outline, **91** veterans among them, 2 carrying a protection, mostly Ngaio, Southern Blue Gum, Gum. The file remembers **72** 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 **41%** of this outline under **Residential Banks Peninsula**, **61%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Small Settlement 20%, Open Space Community Parks 15%. 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).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Dwelling and Setting, Stoddart's Cottage**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 1 magnitude-3+ epicentre inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.4 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 (9)
- [Diamond Harbour Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/diamond-harbour-cemetery), cemetery
- [Church Bay Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/church-bay-crag), crag
- [Stoddart Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/stoddart-point), headland
- [Godley House](https://www.chch.live/site/godley-house), ruin
- [Church Gully](https://www.chch.live/river/church-gully), waterway · 2.3 km
- [Kereru Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/kereru-stream), waterway · 1.4 km
- [Morgan's Gully stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.7 km
- [Purau Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/purau-stream), waterway · 6.9 km
- [Sam's Gully](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.9 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.*
- [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
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 07 May 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590507.2.16.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Witness, 11 February 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18600211.2.8.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600616.2.24.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [DIED. (Lyttelton Times, 12 September 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600912.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Stoddart Cottage - List No. 3088](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/3088/Stoddart%20Cottage), [The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero](https://www.chch.live/collection/the-new-zealand-heritage-list-rarangi-korero) · 1861-00-00T00:00:00
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 05 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610105.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620125.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Diamond Harbour
- [sycamore maple seen — Diamond Harbour, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406420129), iNaturalist · peteozich, 7 Oct 2026
- [Biddy-biddy seen — Diamond Harbour, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406199026), iNaturalist · debbyr, 6 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405698556), iNaturalist · cayuga_, 4 Oct 2026
- [Māhoe seen — Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405698526), iNaturalist · cayuga_, 4 Oct 2026
- [Miki seen — Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405698442), iNaturalist · cayuga_, 4 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (27 injury crashes)

27 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Marine Drive at James Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=marine-dr&suburb=diamond-harbour), 3 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (63 recorded victimisations)

63 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 10 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=diamond-harbour)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (21 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.

- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-diamond-harbour), 6
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-diamond-harbour), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-diamond-harbour), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Doctor](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-doctor#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Motels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motel#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [No](https://www.chch.live/businesses/no#in-diamond-harbour), 1
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-diamond-harbour), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Diamond Harbour Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/diamond-harbour-medical-centre-diamond-harbour), Doctor

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

## Next door
- [Purau](https://www.chch.live/purau)
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/charteris-bay)
- [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay)
- [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay)
- [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Diamond Harbour with [Purau](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=diamond-harbour&b=purau) · [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=diamond-harbour&b=lyttelton) · [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=charteris-bay&b=diamond-harbour) · [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=diamond-harbour) · [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=diamond-harbour) · [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=diamond-harbour&b=port-levy), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Diamond Harbour?**

Diamond Harbour is a small town on Banks Peninsula, in Canterbury, New Zealand. The public record holds 1,751 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Diamond Harbour?**

1,610 people at the 2023 Census, 533 per square kilometre across 3.0 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Diamond Harbour?**

About 1,536 people and 693 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Diamond Harbour?**

1,751 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (547), water & drains (527), trees & parks (414). 258 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Diamond Harbour had?**

27 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=diamond-harbour)

**What schools are in Diamond Harbour?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Diamond Harbour School.

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