# Governors Bay, Christchurch

899 council reports since June 2015, the 80th busiest suburb in the city. 719 photographs on record.
900 people at the 2023 Census, 27 to the square kilometre across 33 km².

https://www.chch.live/governors-bay

## 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

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

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors_Bay), 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 **$520 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 882 people and 339 occupied private households, grouped from 6 SA1 areas in Governors Bay. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 15% (132 people)
- 65 and over: about 19% (168 people)
- Born overseas: about 32% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 97% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 91% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 79% 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 (719 on record)
- [1 Zephyr Terrace, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9081304)
- [5 Zephyr Tce, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9081131)
- [8 Zephyr Tce, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9081123)
- [3 Glas Brae, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9061105)
- [2 Zephyr Tce, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9016776)
- [1 Cresswell Avenue, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/8993266)

[719 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=governors-bay)

## The suburb, back then (12 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.*
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 182 and 183](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-54504429), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 194 and 195](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320643), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 2 and 3](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-54504388), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 76 and 77](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-54897907), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sign of the Kiwi, Summit Road, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-36471224), 1960 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road intersection](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-62941550), 2005 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sign of the Kiwi](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-62941553), 2005 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sign of the Kiwi garden](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-62941556), 2005 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sign of the Kiwi sign plinth](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-62941559), 2005 · Canterbury Stories
- [Hiking to Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-48594583), 1890 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 2 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Governors Bay
- Governors Bay enters the written record in 14 August 1852, [“Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Governors Bay” appears somewhere in 99 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 32 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 14 June 2015, at 58.
- Its busiest day was 25 September 2023, 12 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/main-road), reported on 77 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 bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (1,687 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 of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
85 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 20 July 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, 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9081304), 13 Oct 2026 · 1 Zephyr Terrace, “sink hole in road. repair failing rapidly. fixed approx 4-6weeks ago??”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9081131), 13 Oct 2026 · 5 Zephyr Tce, “Watermain leak on main road Causing water race at 6 Zephyr Terrace Water ponding in garden and running down cracks in…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9081123), 13 Oct 2026 · 8 Zephyr Tce, “Mystery water appears to be leaking from middle of zephyr terrace no obvious source but has been wet since Monday…”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9061105), 9 Oct 2026 · 3 Glas Brae, “Bins both cracked”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9016776), 2 Oct 2026 · 2 Zephyr Tce, “Zephyr terrace pot holes and surface damage ..:repeated patch up jobs not doing the trick”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8993266), 28 Sept 2026 · 1 Cresswell Avenue, “Poop on the bench inside rhe toilet stall”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8993249), 28 Sept 2026 · 1 Cresswell Avenue, “Blocked toilet”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8985537), 26 Sept 2026 · 75 Main Rd, “Soiled toilet”
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8978285), 24 Sept 2026 · 195 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…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8953381), 20 Sept 2026 · 427 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…”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8948142), 19 Sept 2026 · 703 Gebbies Pass Road, “Sheep on the road three plus four lamb”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8939713), 17 Sept 2026 · 1 Lachie Griffen Rise, “Footpath is crumbling. Causing trip hazard with hole”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 10
- 2016, 14
- 2017, 33
- 2018, 71
- 2019, 65
- 2020, 41
- 2021, 93
- 2022, 87
- 2023, 98
- 2024, 99
- 2025, 162

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 297
- Trees & parks, 207
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 140
- Water & drains, 121
- Rubbish & dumping, 75
- Everything else, 22
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 19
- Vehicles & parking, 18

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 138
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 109
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 73
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 47
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 43
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 39
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 33
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 31

## On the heritage register (13)
- [Bridge/Culvert and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/404)
- [Bridge/Culvert and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/405)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Ohinetahi](https://www.chch.live/place/327), 31 Governors Bay - Teddington Road
- [Former Governors Bay Lock-up](https://www.chch.live/place/551)
- [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324), 112 Main Road
- [Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), 112 Main Road
- [Former Quarry Stables](https://www.chch.live/place/550)
- [Governors Bay Road Bridge/Culvert and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/403)
- [Sign of the Kiwi and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/61), 1700 Summit Road
- [Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/459), 1700 Summit Road
- [St Cuthbert's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/326)
- [St Cuthberts Vicarage](https://www.chch.live/place/479), 8 Governors Bay - Teddington Road
- [St Peter's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/357), 834 Gebbies Pass Road

The register’s own page for the area: [Governors Bay on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/governors-bay)

On foot: [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/main-road), reported on 77 separate days
- [Governors Bay Teddington Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/governors-bay-teddington-road), reported on 64 separate days
- [Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/dyers-pass-road), reported on 54 separate days
- [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/summit-road), reported on 45 separate days
- [Cresswell Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/cresswell-avenue), reported on 42 separate days
- [Jetty Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/jetty-road), reported on 39 separate days
- [Zephyr Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/zephyr-terrace), reported on 27 separate days
- [Charteris Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/charteris-bay-road), reported on 21 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/school/3354-te-kura-o-ohinetahi-governors-bay), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 386

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 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (11)
- [Reuter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1651-reuter-park), Regional · 23 ha
- [Hoon Hay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1076-hoon-hay-scenic-reserve), Regional · 16 ha
- [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve), Regional · 4 ha
- [Allandale Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1414-allandale-domain), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Allandale Layby](https://www.chch.live/park/1100-allandale-layby), 2 ha
- [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), 1 ha
- [Governors Bay Community Centre And Pool](https://www.chch.live/park/1768-governors-bay-community-centre-and-pool), playground, 13 pieces
- [Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1313-stream-reserve)
- [Governors Bay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1399-governors-bay-scenic-reserve)
- [Summit Lookout Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1192-summit-lookout-reserve), Regional
- [Governors Bay Jetty](https://www.chch.live/park/934-governors-bay-jetty)

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

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Governors Bay Recycling Depot](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-26), Transfer station

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Saint Peter’s](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-peter-s-2), an Anglican church
- [St Cuthbert's Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-cuthbert-s-church), an Anglican church · 8 Governors Bay Teddington Road

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The ground that moved
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](https://www.chch.live/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 at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/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 at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/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: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
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: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/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: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/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: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/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: [density](https://www.chch.live/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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **9** inscribed plaques, [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311009-kennedys-bush), [Allandale Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1335-allandale-domain) 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, **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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/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 survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/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 register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/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. 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 **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 on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
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 canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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 schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
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](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 (11)
- [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/governors-bay), bay
- [Bivvy Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/bivvy-rock), crag
- [Govenor's Bay Jetty](https://www.chch.live/pier/govenors-bay-jetty), jetty
- [Allandale](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1960–1993
- [Ōhinetahi](https://www.chch.live/site/ohinetahi), old site
- [Te Whakataka](https://www.chch.live/site/te-whakataka), old site
- [Mount Ada](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-ada), summit · 520 m
- [Ōmawete / Coopers Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/omawete-coopers-knob), summit · Ōmawete
- [Ōrongomai / Cass Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/orongomai-cass-peak), summit · Ōrongomai
- [Te Rapu](https://www.chch.live/river/te-rapu), waterway · 2.3 km
- [Waiake Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/waiake-stream), waterway · 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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531022.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550516.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 January 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560126.2.12.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1856-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Evans, Charles, Papauni Laboure (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local Intelligence. (Lyttelton Times, 13 December 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561213.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1856-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570613.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Governors Bay
- [Wall Pennywort seen — Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407925213), iNaturalist · mataki, 13 Oct 2026
- [Tingena chloradelpha seen — Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407430238), iNaturalist · butterfly4, 11 Oct 2026
- [Ichneutica arotis seen — Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407428963), iNaturalist · butterfly4, 11 Oct 2026
- [Forest Looper seen — Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407428468), iNaturalist · butterfly4, 11 Oct 2026
- [Māpou seen — Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407224835), iNaturalist · squidney8, 11 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (106 injury crashes)

106 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 4 people killed, 46 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Gebbies Pass Road at Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=gebbies-pass-rd&suburb=governors-bay), 17 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (66 recorded victimisations)

66 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’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](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=governors-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (10 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-governors-bay), 3
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-governors-bay), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-governors-bay), 2
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-governors-bay), 1
- [Motels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motel#in-governors-bay), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-governors-bay), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Sign of the Kiwi](https://www.chch.live/business/sign-of-the-kiwi-governors-bay), Restaurants
- [Ōtoromiro Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/otoromiro-hotel-governors-bay), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa)
- [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/rapaki)
- [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay)
- [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/charteris-bay)
- [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay)
- [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/cracroft)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Governors Bay with [Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=governors-bay&b=te-rapaki-o-te-rakiwhakaputa) · [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=governors-bay&b=rapaki) · [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=governors-bay) · [Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=charteris-bay&b=governors-bay) · [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=corsair-bay&b=governors-bay) · [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=governors-bay), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Governors Bay?**

Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand. The public record holds 899 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Governors Bay?**

900 people at the 2023 Census, 27 per square kilometre across 33 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Governors Bay?**

About 882 people and 339 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Governors Bay?**

899 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (297), trees & parks (207), graffiti & vandalism (140). 162 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Governors Bay had?**

106 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 4 people killed, 46 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=governors-bay)

**What schools are in Governors Bay?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors Bay.

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