Governors Bay, Christchurch

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

Rent: too few new bonds lodged here for Tenancy Services to publish a median this quarter, the last figure it released was about $520 a week, and it counts this under the “Governors Bay” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.

The ground: 1% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 0% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 11 parks, 1 civic facility and 2 places of worship, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 159 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 9 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 25 September 2023, 12 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

About the suburb

Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

As reported 716 on record

716 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 12 in the archive

12 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

9 Oct 2026 Rubbish and Bins - General3 Glas Brae

Bins both cracked

2 Oct 2026 Pothole2 Zephyr Tce

Zephyr terrace pot holes and surface damage ..:repeated patch up jobs not doing the trick

28 Sept 2026 Public Toilet1 Cresswell Avenue

Poop on the bench inside rhe toilet stall

28 Sept 2026 Public Toilet1 Cresswell Avenue, Banks Peninsula

Blocked toilet

26 Sept 2026 Public Toilet75 Main Rd

Soiled toilet

24 Sept 2026 Street Cleaning195 Main Rd

A build up of Aston chipping from the de-ice treatment has built up on the road side making my car skid every time I leave the driveway. Please can the road be…

20 Sept 2026 Overgrown Vegetation427 Marine Dr

Trees so close to road there is no safe place to walk and driving out of our property is dangerous with speed limit of 50. Most cars are going over that limit.

19 Sept 2026 Animal - General703 Gebbies Pass Road, Governors Bay

Sheep on the road three plus four lamb

17 Sept 2026 Pavement - Damaged1 Lachie Griffen Rise

Footpath is crumbling. Causing trip hazard with hole

17 Sept 2026 Park - General Request33 Sandy Beach Rd

Very dead lacebark tree. Council has looked and said it is actually on land that is managed by the park rangers. Please can you refer to them for action. It is…

14 Sept 2026 Playground Equipment1 Cresswell Avenue, Banks Peninsula

End plate on deck outside Governors Bay community Centre has come off leaving exposed nails and screws adjacent the children's playground. Safety issue if left.

8 Sept 2026 Pothole2026–2028 Summit Rd

Pothole

How fast the council fixes things here 1,685 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Governors Bay took 10 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 4 months or longer. 84 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 20 July 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, Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors Bay, 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

• Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors BayFull Primary · decile 10 · EQI 386

Zoned for Aidanfield Christian School · Cashmere High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · St Anne's School (Woolston) · and 5 more zones, 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 11

• Reuter ParkRegional · 23 ha
• Hoon Hay Scenic ReserveRegional · 16 ha
• Coronation Hill ReserveRegional · 4 ha
• Allandale DomainSports ground · 3 ha
• Allandale Layby2 ha
• Cholmondeley Reserve1 ha
• Governors Bay Community Centre And Poolplayground, 13 pieces
• Stream Reserve

The first eight of 11, 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 1

• Governors Bay Recycling DepotTransfer 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 2

• Saint Peter’san Anglican church
• St Cuthbert's Churchan Anglican church · 8 Governors Bay Teddington 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 11

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 0.1% of this outline. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 0.9% of this outline, about 29 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is drawn at /redzone.

The mapped tsunami extent covers 8% of this outline, about 259 hectares. 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 drawn at /tsunami.

The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover 6% of this outline, about 194 hectares, rockfall management area 1. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers 70% 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.

The files record 7 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly pitrun, silt, mixed fill with rubbish, 1 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

The rockfall survey mapped 772 rocks inside this outline across 216 survey pins, 136 came down, 139 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the whole survey is drawn at /boulders.

1 parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The council’s structure register stands 46 assets on this ground, 25 sets of steps, 8 bridges, 7 boardwalks, 3 ramps, sited at Sandy Beach Track, Governors Bay Community Centre, Port Hills 7 Rrz Land, Coronation Hill Reserve. 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 5 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 tennis, 1 petanque, 1 skateboard, 1 bmx. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 121 living trees inside this outline, 20 veterans among them, 5 carrying a protection, mostly English Oak, Macrocarpa, Cabbage tree. The file remembers 23 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 71% of this outline under Rural Banks Peninsula, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 8%, Residential Large Lot 2%, 85% 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 12 places by name in this suburb, 4 graded highly significant, Dwelling and Setting, Ohinetahi, Sign of the Kiwi and Setting, St Cuthbert's Church and Setting among them. 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 49% of this outline, about 1,634 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers 5% 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 ecological schedules cover 4% of this outline, about 129 hectares across 2 scheduled sites, 4% of it Schedule B, identified on private land but not yet protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 80% of this outline, about 2,637 hectares across 8 scheduled areas, 23% of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and 7% of it sits inside the coastal environment. 1 main ridgeline runs 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, 74 classified reaches, the plan calling Stream Reserve Drain by name, 4% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 20 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, 3 hill density lines hold 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 86 photographs on this ground, 2012–2014, 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, 9 inscribed plaques, Cholmondeley Reserve, Kennedys Bush, Allandale Domain 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, 9 drawn instruments, 8 of them dog rules, 1 bottle-store buffer; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga and Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 6 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.0 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, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

• Governors Baybay
• Bivvy Rockcrag
• Govenor's Bay Jettyjetty
• Allandaleold dump · 1960–1993
• Ōhinetahiold site
• Te Whakatakaold site
• Mount Adasummit · 520 m
• Ōmawete / Coopers Knobsummit · Ōmawete
• Ōrongomai / Cass Peaksummit · Ōrongomai
• Te Rapuwaterway · 2.3 km
• Waiake Streamwaterway · 3.8 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.

The crash record 106 injury crashes

106 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Governors Bay's outline, 4 people killed, 46 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Gebbies Pass Road at Summit Road, 17 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 66 recorded victimisations

66 victimisations on the Police record inside Governors Bay’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 19 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 →

Businesses here 10 in the directory

10 premises in Governors Bay across 6 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

• Cafés3
• Attractions2
• Restaurants2
• Bars & pubs1
• Motels1
• Venues & events1

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

• Sign of the KiwiRestaurants
• Ōtoromiro HotelRestaurants

The whole directory →

On the register here

1. Bridge/Culvert and Setting
2. Bridge/Culvert and Setting
3. Dwelling and Setting, Ohinetahi31 Governors Bay - Teddington Road
4. Former Governors Bay Lock-up
5. Former Governors Bay School and Setting112 Main Road
6. Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting112 Main Road
7. Former Quarry Stables
8. Governors Bay Road Bridge/Culvert and Setting
9. Sign of the Kiwi and Setting1700 Summit Road
10. Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting1700 Summit Road
11. St Cuthbert's Church and Setting
12. St Cuthberts Vicarage8 Governors Bay - Teddington Road
13. St Peter's Church and Setting834 Gebbies Pass Road

The register’s own page for Governors Bay →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Governors Bay, 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 Governors Bay 5 lately

The whole wire →

Next door

Compare Governors Bay with Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa · Rapaki · Cass Bay · Charteris Bay · Corsair Bay · Cracroft, same record, side by side.

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