# Duvauchelle, Christchurch

264 council reports since July 2015, the 95th busiest suburb in the city. 192 photographs on record.
About 210 people, Stats NZ’s June 2025 estimate for the wider Duvauchelle urban area.

https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle

## 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

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.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duvauchelle), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ June 2025 subnational estimate for the urban area of the same name, as Wikipedia maps it, a wider footprint than the suburb boundary.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 813 people and 348 occupied private households, grouped from 6 SA1 areas in Akaroa Harbour. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 10% (81 people)
- 65 and over: about 38% (309 people)
- Born overseas: about 24% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 81% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 63% 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 (192 on record)
- [21 Ngaio Grove, Robinsons Bay 7581](https://www.chch.live/report/8716799)
- [1 School Rd, Robinsons Bay 7581](https://www.chch.live/report/8647465)
- [6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581](https://www.chch.live/report/8545007)
- [15 Bayview Cres, Duvauchelle 7581](https://www.chch.live/report/8488125)
- [5800 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Duvauchelle 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8431382)
- [59 Barrys Bay Valley Rd, Duvauchelle 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8315704)

[192 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=duvauchelle)

## The suburb, back then (7 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.*
- [Hilltop Hotel in Duvauchelle, Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48495895), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [German Bay, Duvauchelle's Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-52432570), 1896 · Canterbury Stories
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787093), 1908 · Canterbury Stories
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786787), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786965), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51785937), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51786148), 1912 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Duvauchelle
- Duvauchelle enters the written record in 17 March 1858, [“Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580317.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Duvauchelle” appears somewhere in 268 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 19 July 2015, at Summit Road.
- Its busiest day was 27 August 2025, 3 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 39 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 (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 of finished jobs waited 5 months or longer.
19 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 14 December 2020.

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, 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8716799), 10 Aug 2026 · 21 Ngaio Grove, “hole in the road”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8647465), 28 Jul 2026 · 1 School Rd, “Split tree in Robinsons Bay school reserve, at risk of collapsing through canopy onto walking track.”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8561319), 12 Jul 2026 · 1837 Summit Road, “There is an escaped black cow with a green tag on its ear wandering on the road.”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8545007), 9 Jul 2026 · 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “Deck appears to be dropping, still feels quite sturdy but there is some movement.”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8488125), 28 Jun 2026 · 15 Bayview Cres, “Water pissing”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8431382), 17 Jun 2026 · 5800 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, “Dumped flax”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8315704), 27 May 2026 · 59 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)…”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8260345), 16 May 2026 · 5 Bayview Cres, “A chunk of soil and weed has fallen down into the roadside swale stopping stormwater from flowing down the swale to the…”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8259556), 16 May 2026 · 63 Barrys Bay Valley Rd, “59 Barry’s bay valley road. Dogs coming out under fence chasing pedestrians. Barking snarling. See photos taken 16th…”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8216109), 8 May 2026 · 59 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…”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8163037), 28 Apr 2026 · 63 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…”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8071004), 12 Apr 2026 · 51-50 Onawe Flat Road, “Unsafe jetty. Old Duvsuchelle jetty/wharf.”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 2
- 2017, 2
- 2018, 16
- 2019, 20
- 2020, 12
- 2021, 19
- 2022, 26
- 2023, 55
- 2024, 36
- 2025, 55

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 105
- Trees & parks, 56
- Water & drains, 40
- Rubbish & dumping, 21
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 19
- Everything else, 14
- Vehicles & parking, 7
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 50
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 22
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 16
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 13
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 13
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 10
- General Request, 10
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 9

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 39 separate days
- [Seafield Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/seafield-road), reported on 16 separate days
- [Onawe Flat Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/onawe-flat-road), reported on 14 separate days
- [Bayview Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/bayview-crescent), reported on 12 separate days
- [Tizzards Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/tizzards-road), reported on 9 separate days
- [Totara Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/totara-drive), reported on 8 separate days
- [Haywards Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/haywards-lane), reported on 8 separate days
- [Barrys Bay Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/barrys-bay-valley-road), reported on 8 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school), Contributing · decile 6 · EQI 420

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) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college), the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (10)
- [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds), 22 ha
- [Duvauchelle Reserve And Campground](https://www.chch.live/park/1166-duvauchelle-reserve-and-campground), Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 41 pieces
- [Douglas Kay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1816-douglas-kay-reserve), 1 ha
- [Robinsons Bay Regional Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1738-robinsons-bay-regional-park)
- [Duvauchelle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1588-duvauchelle-reserve), playground, 41 pieces
- [Robinsons Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1559-robinsons-bay-reserve)
- [Bayview Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1253-bayview-reserve)
- [Currie & Gutry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1824-currie-gutry-park)
- [Barrys Bay Streamside](https://www.chch.live/park/1322-barrys-bay-streamside)
- [Duvauchelle Domain Esplanade Strip](https://www.chch.live/park/1343-duvauchelle-domain-esplanade-strip)

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

## The civic shelf (3)
- [Duvauchelle Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-82), Cemetery
- [Barrys Bay Transfer Station](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-37), Transfer station
- [Robinsons Bay Collection Point](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-41), Transfer station

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [St John the Evangelist - Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-john-the-evangelist-duvauchelle), an Anglican church · 6079 Christchurch Akaroa Road

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).
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 record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/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: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
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: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/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: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **2** inscribed plaques, [Duvauchelle Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3538-duvauchelle-cemetery), [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6527-duvauchelle-showgrounds) 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, **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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**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 register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/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. 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 **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 on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
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 canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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 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 M3.5 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](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 (15)
- [Barrys Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/barrys-bay), bay · Taraouta
- [Duvauchelle Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/duvauchelle-bay), bay · Kaitouna
- [Head of Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/head-of-bay), bay
- [Robinsons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/robinsons-bay), bay · Kākakaiau
- [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/coast/onawe), headland
- [Ōtokotoko](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokotoko), headland
- [Barrys Bay](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1995
- [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/site/onawe), old site
- [Ōnawe Pā](https://www.chch.live/site/onawe-pa), old site · Onawe Pa sieged in 1832
- [Duvauchelle Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/duvauchelle-peak), summit · Maukatai
- [Okains Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/okains-peak), summit · Poai-i-ha
- [Barrys Bay Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/barrys-bay-stream), waterway · 2.0 km
- [Pawsons Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/pawsons-stream), waterway · 1.9 km
- [Pipers Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 1.0 km
- [Duvauchelle Wharf](https://www.chch.live/pier/duvauchelle-wharf), wharf

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 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 March 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580317.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 March 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580320.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590309.2.10.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 31 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590831.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 September 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590928.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 05 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610105.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 09 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610109.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610112.2.16.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.23.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610119.2.23.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Duvauchelle
- [cock's-foot seen — Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Duvauchelle, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407470089), iNaturalist · bga51, 11 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Seafield Rd, Duvauchelle, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407068568), iNaturalist · libbbbb, 10 Oct 2026
- [Pōhuehue seen — Duvauchelle, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406727576), iNaturalist · sedgehoe, 8 Oct 2026
- [Gutweed seen — Duvauchelle, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406725681), iNaturalist · sedgehoe, 8 Oct 2026
- [Polypodium vulgare seen — Duvauchelle, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405180964), iNaturalist · chrismorse, 2 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (47 injury crashes)

47 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 10 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 75 at Wainui Main Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sh-75&suburb=duvauchelle), 5 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (22 recorded victimisations)

22 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 7 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=duvauchelle)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (16 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-duvauchelle), 3
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-duvauchelle), 2
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-duvauchelle), 2
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-duvauchelle), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-duvauchelle), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Akaroa Golf Club](https://www.chch.live/business/akaroa-golf-club-duvauchelle), Golf courses
- [Barrys Bay Traditional Cheese](https://www.chch.live/business/barrys-bay-traditional-cheese-duvauchelle), Delis
- [The Hilltop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-hilltop-duvauchelle), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)
- [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay)
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/le-bons-bay)
- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Duvauchelle with [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=wainui) · [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=akaroa&b=duvauchelle) · [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=pigeon-bay) · [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=okains-bay) · [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=le-bons-bay) · [Little River](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=little-river), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Duvauchelle?**

Duvauchelle is a small town situated at the head of Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. The public record holds 264 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

**How many people live in Duvauchelle?**

About 210: Stats NZ’s June 2025 estimate for the wider Duvauchelle urban area, 5 per square kilometre across 45 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Duvauchelle?**

About 813 people and 348 occupied private households (wider SA2 stand-in): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Duvauchelle?**

264 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (105), trees & parks (56), water & drains (40). 33 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Duvauchelle had?**

47 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 10 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=duvauchelle)

**What schools are in Duvauchelle?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Duvauchelle School.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Duvauchelle · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Duvauchelle