# Gebbies Valley, Christchurch

44 council reports since May 2018, the 105th busiest suburb in the city. 36 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/gebbies-valley

## 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 **$435 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 1,287 people and 516 occupied private households, grouped from 9 SA1 areas in Banks Peninsula South. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.


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 (36 on record)
- [1587 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Motukarara, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/7894430)
- [1905 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Motukarara, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/7576626)
- [432 McQueens Valley Road, Motukarara, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/6445773)
- [1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/5354721)
- [1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/5354718)
- [1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Gebbies Valley 7672](https://www.chch.live/report/5354710)

[36 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=gebbies-valley)

## The suburb, back then (1 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.*
- [Looking up Gebbies Valley in the centre, McQuee... (PB0611/164)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-1401609), 1938 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection

## The record on Gebbies Valley
- Gebbies Valley enters the written record in 23 July 1869, [“Local and General. (Star, 23 July 1869)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690723.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Gebbies Valley” appears somewhere in 14 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 16 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 16 May 2018, at 307 Mcqueens Valley Rd.
- Its busiest day was 2 November 2024, 6 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/gebbies-valley/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 10 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).

## Lately
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7894430), 12 Mar 2026 · 1587 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “this info sign as in Google foto, has been hit and is lying face down .”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7576626), 19 Jan 2026 · 1905 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “pot hole has started to form over the weekend. bits of seal are being ripped up are cars go over.”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6445773), 7 Jun 2025 · 432 McQueens Valley Road, “Blocked culvert that goes under road. Sign has number 16 on it.”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5354721), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5354718), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5354710), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5354698), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5354692), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5354683), 2 Nov 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “I am going to send as many snaps as possible until someone actually answers a snap! Why am i being ignored? do…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5074065), 30 Aug 2024 · 1640 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “Hi, we live next door to this Council land. And the grass is very overgrown, it is a fire risk and the trees have grown…”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/4774149), 13 Jun 2024 · 1652 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “Hi guys. A pile of about 10/15 tyres dumped on the side of the highway 75. Tried to get a photo but i just missed it…”
- [Noise - Animal](https://www.chch.live/report/4488114), 2 Apr 2024 · 1685 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “Dogs barking and barking and barking”

## Reports per year
- 2018, 1
- 2019, 11
- 2020, 5
- 2021, 3
- 2022, 3
- 2023, 7
- 2024, 11
- 2025, 1

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 26
- Trees & parks, 9
- Water & drains, 4
- Rubbish & dumping, 3
- Everything else, 1
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 20
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 4
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 4
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 3
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 3
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/gebbies-valley/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 10 separate days
- [McQueens Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/gebbies-valley/mcqueens-valley-road), reported on 5 separate days
- [Millers Road](https://www.chch.live/street/gebbies-valley/millers-road), reported on 2 separate days

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Local and General. (Star, 23 July 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690723.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET OF THE LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18780111.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [A New Rifle Club. (Star, 18 March 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890318.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1889-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE NEW ZEALANDER AT HOME. (Otago Witness, 04 September 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18900904.2.85), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1890-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE LICENSING ELECTIONS. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 March 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940323.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1894-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPREME COURT (Timaru Herald, 19 February 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18950219.2.25), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [CRICKET. (Star, 19 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951219.2.21), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [ENTERTAINMENTS. (Star, 28 November 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18981128.2.61), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1898-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1899. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 January 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990124.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1899-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [AN INTERESTING CAREER. (Star, 16 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000116.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1900-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Gebbies Valley
- [Endocarpon simplicatum seen — Gebbies Valley 7672, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403361710), iNaturalist · melissa_hutchison, 26 Sept 2026
- [Australian sheep's bur seen — Gebbies Valley 7672, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403360650), iNaturalist · melissa_hutchison, 26 Sept 2026
- [Māhoe seen — Gebbies Valley 7672, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403360539), iNaturalist · melissa_hutchison, 26 Sept 2026
- [Porcupine Shrub seen — Gebbies Valley 7672, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403360351), iNaturalist · melissa_hutchison, 26 Sept 2026
- [purple foxglove seen — Gebbies Valley 7672, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403232393), iNaturalist · melissa_hutchison, 25 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record

No boundary is on record for Gebbies Valley, the outline joins can't answer, so nothing counts.

## Next door
- [Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu)
- [Ataahua](https://www.chch.live/ataahua)
- [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/charteris-bay)
- [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay)
- [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa)
- [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/rapaki)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Gebbies Valley with [Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=gebbies-valley&b=tai-tapu) · [Ataahua](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=ataahua&b=gebbies-valley) · [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=charteris-bay&b=gebbies-valley) · [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=gebbies-valley&b=governors-bay) · [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=gebbies-valley&b=te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa) · [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=gebbies-valley&b=rapaki), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Gebbies Valley?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 44 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2018.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Gebbies Valley?**

About 1,287 people and 516 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 Gebbies Valley?**

44 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (26), trees & parks (9), water & drains (4). 2 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

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