# 1 Ernest Adams Drive, Governors Bay

5 reports on record since January 2018 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 1
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8720518), 10 Aug 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7310660), 2 Dec 2025
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5076385), 31 Aug 2024
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1988817), 4 Dec 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/348926), 5 Jan 2018

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8720518), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08720518/public/1_k5fg9ixdn0ki.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7310660), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07310660/public/1_izyvdfymper4.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5076385), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05076385/public/1_jcp3wggi43la.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1988817), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01988817/1_cR9QQC.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/348926), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00348926/0

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

## Also reported on Ernest Adams Drive
- [8 Ernest Adams Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/8-ernest-adams-drive), 5 reports
- [7 Ernest Adams Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/7-ernest-adams-drive), 1 report
- [2 Ernest Adams Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2-ernest-adams-drive), 1 report
- [10 Ernest Adams Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/10-ernest-adams-drive), 1 report
- [Ernest Adams Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/ernest-adams-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6271&lon=172.6467&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Over The Hill](https://www.chch.live/business/over-the-hill-governors-bay), 377 m away · Cafés
- [Harbour House](https://www.chch.live/business/harbour-house-governors-bay), 380 m away · Cafés
- [Ōtoromiro Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/otoromiro-hotel-governors-bay), 383 m away · Restaurants

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), 62 m away, “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER 2001” · 2008
- [Pat Parkinson on the Occasion of Opening the Restored Old](https://www.chch.live/plaque/947-cholmondeley-reserve), 139 m away, “PAT PARKINSON ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING THE RESTORED OLD SCHOOL BUILDING NOVEMBER 1998” · 2008
- [The Parkinson Memorial Park Trust Assisted in This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/953-cholmondeley-reserve), 144 m away, “THE PARKINSON MEMORIAL PARK TRUST ASSISTED IN THIS BUILDINGS RESTORATION” · 2008

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $260,000, land $155,000, improvements $105,000 · 7,774 m² · ref 23852/12700 · roll last edited April 2025

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Governors Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3354-governors-bay-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from May 2022

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One

This address is on the council’s Week One calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

No mapped hazard, land record or district-plan zone covers this point.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Ernest Adams Drive in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=ernest-adams-drive&suburb=governors-bay)

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [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. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting
*124 m away · 112 Main Road · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/325)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5435

## What was here, Former Governors Bay School and Setting
*147 m away · 112 Main Road · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/324)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5434

## The green nearby
- [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), you are in it · 1 ha
- [Governors Bay Community Centre And Pool](https://www.chch.live/park/1768-governors-bay-community-centre-and-pool), 408 m to the edge · playground, 13 pieces
- [Governors Bay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1399-governors-bay-scenic-reserve), 439 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Governors Bay Recycling Depot](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-26), 7 m away · Transfer station

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 1 Ernest Adams Drive?**

5 council reports on record since January 2018, most often parks (2), trees - general (1), public toilet (1).

**What school is 1 Ernest Adams Drive zoned for?**

[Governors Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3354-governors-bay-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, St Anne's School (Woolston), Aidanfield Christian School, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.62705189126511,172.64665347277523)

**Which suburb is 1 Ernest Adams Drive in?**

Governors Bay, Christchurch, on [Ernest Adams Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/ernest-adams-drive).

**What stood at 1 Ernest Adams Drive before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324).

**What is the nearest park to 1 Ernest Adams Drive?**

[Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), the address is inside it, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=governors-bay&address=1-ernest-adams-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Governors%20Bay&street=ernest-adams-drive
