1813–1843 Summit Road
2 council reports since April 2025, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 2129–2157 Summit Road, 10 reports on file.
On the register here
- Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting, 1700 Summit Road (51m)
- Sign of the Kiwi and Setting, 1700 Summit Road (60m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Coronation Hill Reserve, 7 m to the edge · Regional · 4 ha
- Marleys Hill, 23 m to the edge · Regional · 21 ha
- Sugarloaf Reserve, 82 m to the edge · Regional · 110 ha
- Thomson Scenic Reserve, 245 m to the edge · Regional · 30 ha
- Douglas Scenic Reserve, 466 m to the edge · Regional · 2 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Sign of the Kiwi, 61 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Governors Bay, 20 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Governors Bay, 43 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Governors Bay, 235 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Sister City Garden, 62 m away ·
Sister City Garden / (dedication text partly illegible)
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 14 Nov 2025 Graffiti on Road barrier in carpark opposite Sign of the Kiwi cafe
Poles and Signage - General, 23 Apr 2025 Road sign and pole appear to be intact, however the pole has been dislodged and is no longer visible from the road. Needs new hole. Ps; lo
Elsewhere on Summit Road
- 2129–2157 Summit Road, 10 reports
- 1951 Summit Road, 8 reports
- 1809 Summit Road, 7 reports
- 701 Summit Road, 4 reports
- 2069 Summit Road, 4 reports
- 2020 Summit Road, 4 reports
- 2026–2028 Summit Road, 3 reports
- 2089–2121 Summit Road, 2 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Summit Road in 42 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Banks Peninsula ward, the Banks Peninsula community board 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.
Summit Road, the whole record → · Everything about Governors Bay → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
2 council reports on record since April 2025, most often poles and signage - general (1), graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge (1).
Governors Bay, Christchurch, on Summit Road.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting, Sign of the Kiwi and Setting.
Coronation Hill Reserve, 7 m to its edge, 4 ha.