Duvauchelle, Christchurch

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

The ground: the flood record drew water over 41% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 10 parks, 3 civic facilities and 1 place of worship, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 33 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 August 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 27 August 2025, 3 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

About the suburb

Duvauchelle is a small town situated at the head of Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. State Highway 75 passes through the town. The Ōnawe Peninsula separates Duvauchelle bay from Barry's Bay.

As reported 192 on record

192 photographs
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The suburb, back then 7 in the archive

7 photographs
from back when →

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

Lately the newest reports

10 Aug 2026 Pothole21 Ngaio Grove

hole in the road

28 Jul 2026 Trees - General1 School Rd

Split tree in Robinsons Bay school reserve, at risk of collapsing through canopy onto walking track.

12 Jul 2026 Animal - General1837 Summit Road

There is an escaped black cow with a green tag on its ear wandering on the road.

9 Jul 2026 Facility - General Request6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula

Deck appears to be dropping, still feels quite sturdy but there is some movement.

28 Jun 2026 Water Leak15 Bayview Cres

Water pissing

17 Jun 2026 Litter5800 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd

Dumped flax

27 May 2026 Animal - Domestic59 Barrys Bay Valley Rd

59 Barry’s bay road - dogs still getting out under fence. Black one also came out onto road (closer than this photo) but didn’t manage to get photo of that…

16 May 2026 Roads - General5 Bayview Cres

A chunk of soil and weed has fallen down into the roadside swale stopping stormwater from flowing down the swale to the roadside culvert further down the…

16 May 2026 Animal - Domestic63 Barrys Bay Valley Rd

59 Barry’s bay valley road. Dogs coming out under fence chasing pedestrians. Barking snarling. See photos taken 16th May 1145 am and see previous…

8 May 2026 Animal - Domestic59 Barrys Bay Valley Rd

59 Barry’s bay valley road. As previously reported. Dogs escape out under fence and chase people (and dogs) down the street. Note that they escaped this…

28 Apr 2026 Animal - Domestic63 Barrys Bay Valley Rd

59 Barry’s bay valley road. Dogs escape under fence and chase people up the road. Have shown her previously where holes are in her fence to block them off but…

12 Apr 2026 Park - General Request51-50 Onawe Flat Road

Unsafe jetty. Old Duvsuchelle jetty/wharf.

How fast the council fixes things here 776 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Duvauchelle took 12 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 5 months or longer. 19 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 14 December 2020.

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.

Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Duvauchelle 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, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

Schools here 1

• Duvauchelle SchoolContributing · decile 6 · EQI 420

Zoned for Aidanfield Christian School · Christchurch Adventist School · Duvauchelle School · Middleton Grange School · St Thomas of Canterbury College · Villa Maria College, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 10

• Duvauchelle Showgrounds22 ha
• Duvauchelle Reserve And CampgroundSports ground · 3 ha · playground, 41 pieces
• Douglas Kay Reserve1 ha
• Robinsons Bay Regional Park
• Duvauchelle Reserveplayground, 41 pieces
• Robinsons Bay Reserve
• Bayview Reserve
• Currie & Gutry Park

The first eight of 10, 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 civic shelf 3

• Duvauchelle CemeteryCemetery
• Barrys Bay Transfer StationTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
• Robinsons Bay Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre

Libraries, halls, cemeteries and the rest in the council’s open data, a facility lands in the suburb its point or centre falls inside. The whole shelf is at /facilities.

Where the suburb worships 1

• St John the Evangelist - Duvauchellean Anglican church · 6079 Christchurch Akaroa Road

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The names on this ground 15

The flood record drew water over 40.5% of this outline, about 1,821 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers 88% 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.

3 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 1 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 3 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly compacted hardfill. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

The council’s structure register stands 19 assets on this ground, 10 sets of steps, 2 ramps, 2 shelters, 2 jetties, sited at Robinsons Bay Reserve, Duvauchelle Reserve And Campgr, Duvauchelle Bay, Duvauchelle Showgrounds. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 2 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 265 living trees inside this outline, 67 veterans among them, 15 carrying a protection, mostly English Oak, Southern Blue Gum, Cabbage tree. The file remembers 15 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 81% of this outline under Rural Banks Peninsula, the rest mostly Residential Banks Peninsula 2%, Open Space Community Parks 2%, 88% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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 heritage schedule protects 3 places by name in this suburb, Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Former School Master's House, Former Duvauchelle Saleyards Building and Setting. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 40% of this outline, about 1,814 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga. A silent-file precinct covers 6% of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. 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 84% of this outline, about 3,773 hectares across 7 scheduled areas, 8% of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and 4% of it sits inside the coastal environment. 2 main ridgelines run 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, 121 classified reaches, the plan calling Pipers Stream and Lavericks Drain by name, 3% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 15 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 1 photograph on this ground, 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, Duvauchelle Cemetery, Duvauchelle Showgrounds 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, 13 drawn instruments, 9 of them dog rules, 3 camping zones, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Robinson’s Bay Restricted Area; the other zone bans it outright, 1 bottle-store buffer; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Runanga o Koukourarata and Te Runanga o Onuku. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 1 magnitude-3+ epicentre inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.5 in 2010. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at /sequence, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

• Barrys Baybay · Taraouta
• Duvauchelle Baybay · Kaitouna
• Head of Baybay
• Robinsons Baybay · Kākakaiau
• Ōnaweheadland
• Ōtokotokoheadland
• Barrys Bayold dump · ?–1995
• Ōnaweold site
• Ōnawe Pāold site · Onawe Pa sieged in 1832
• Duvauchelle Peaksummit · Maukatai
• Okains Peaksummit · Poai-i-ha
• Barrys Bay Streamwaterway · 2.0 km
• Pawsons Streamwaterway · 1.9 km
• Pipers Streamwaterway · 1.0 km
• Duvauchelle Wharfwharf

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.

The crash record 47 injury crashes

47 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Duvauchelle's outline, 2 people killed, 10 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: State Highway 75 at Wainui Main Road, 5 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 22 recorded victimisations

22 victimisations on the Police record inside Duvauchelle’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 7 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 100% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

Businesses here 16 in the directory

16 premises in Duvauchelle across 12 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

• Attractions3
• B&Bs2
• Hostels2
• Bars & pubs1
• Cafés1
• Campgrounds1
• Delis1
• Golf courses1
• Guest houses1
• Hotels1
• Petrol stations1
• Restaurants1

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

• Akaroa Golf ClubGolf courses
• Barrys Bay Traditional CheeseDelis
• The HilltopRestaurants

The whole directory →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Duvauchelle, 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.

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Duvauchelle 5 lately

The whole wire →

Next door

Compare Duvauchelle with Wainui · Akaroa · Pigeon Bay · Okains Bay · Le Bons Bay · Little River, same record, side by side.

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