# Le Bons Bay, Christchurch

41 council reports since November 2017, the 106th busiest suburb in the city. 25 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/le-bons-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/)

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 651 people and 276 occupied private households, grouped from 6 SA1 areas in Banks Peninsula Eastern Bays, Diamond Harbour. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 15% (99 people)
- 65 and over: about 27% (174 people)
- Born overseas: about 19% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 93% of ethnicity responses

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 (25 on record)
- [Canterbury, Le Bons Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8317164)
- [2399 Summit Road Region](https://www.chch.live/report/8122452)
- [8 Rue de la Mer, Le Bons Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/7705141)
- [Canterbury, Le Bons Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/7699720)
- [Canterbury, Le Bons Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/6959495)
- [52XC+8V, Goughs Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/6419172)

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

## The suburb, back then (2 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.*
- [St Andrew's Church, Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-30063380), 1900 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Le Bons Bay N.Z.](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786190), 1909 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Le Bons Bay
- Le Bons Bay enters the written record in 22 August 1857, [“Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 August 1857)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570822.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Le Bons Bay” appears somewhere in 36 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 22 November 2017, at 962.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Le Bons Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/le-bons-bay/le-bons-bay-road), reported on 15 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).

## How fast the council fixes things here (205 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Le Bons Bay took **4 weeks** 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.
9 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 18 July 2023.

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).

## Lately
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8393391), 10 Jun 2026 · Canterbury, “A large tree has come down in the domain, breaking the fence and stye.”
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8317164), 27 May 2026 · Canterbury, “Septic system alarm is on with red light”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8122452), 21 Apr 2026 · 2399 Summit Road Region, “location is a guess, as no reception on summit road in between lebons bay and okains Bay summit road. water damage on…”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7705141), 9 Feb 2026 · 8 Rue de la Mer, “Something is dead in the water way in Rue De la Mer in Le Bons bay. It is decaying and smells putrid.”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7699720), 8 Feb 2026 · Canterbury, “Thistles on walkway making passing through difficult”
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7469168), 2 Jan 2026 · 549 Le Bons Bay Road, “loud music and late party - still going 3am”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/7422677), 22 Dec 2025 · 934 Le Bons Bay Road, “Dog control/vehicle on beach: today at 2.30pm FSN206 white truck drove on to beach then let brown labrador run with…”
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7251856), 21 Nov 2025 · 549 Le Bons Bay Road, “Neighbours are singing outside with loud music. Becoming a regular weekend occurrence around holiday periods”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6959495), 28 Sept 2025 · Canterbury, “Red light shows spasmodic indicating over load water level. Can hear pump going. Light eventually goes out. Suspect…”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6924194), 20 Sept 2025 · Canterbury, “The septic tank at le bons public toilet is showing a red light, which indicates there is an issue in the system. It…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6419172), 1 Jun 2025 · 52XC+8V, “Dumped carpet and underlay beside the Cabstand”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6352773), 18 May 2025 · 1816 Summit Road Region 7583, “Tree Lucerne overhanging onto the road making it tight for traffic to pass”

## Reports per year
- 2017, 1
- 2018, 2
- 2019, 2
- 2020, 2
- 2021, 3
- 2022, 3
- 2023, 3
- 2024, 6
- 2025, 13

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 17
- Water & drains, 7
- Roads & footpaths, 6
- Everything else, 3
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 3
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 3
- Rubbish & dumping, 2

## Exactly what people say
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 5
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 5
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 3
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 3
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 2
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 2

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Le Bons Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/le-bons-bay/le-bons-bay-road), reported on 15 separate days
- [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/le-bons-bay/summit-road), reported on 2 separate days

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college) · [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) (part), the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (2)
- [Le Bons Bay Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1524-le-bons-bay-domain), Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 16 pieces
- [Le Bons Bay Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/park/1308-le-bons-bay-esplanade)

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

## The civic shelf (2)
- [Le Bons Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-81), Cemetery
- [Le Bons Bay Collection Point](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-32), Transfer station

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [St Andrew's Anglican Church - Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-andrew-s-anglican-church-le-bons-bay), an Anglican church · 526 Le Bons Bay Road

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).
The flood record drew water over 10.1% of this outline, about 674 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **82%** 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 **1%** of this outline, about 39 hectares, ngā wai. 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 **1%** of this outline, about 77 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, **1%** 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 **84%** of this outline, about 5,616 hectares across **18** scheduled areas, **25%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **13%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. **3** main ridgelines run 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, **175** classified reaches, the plan calling **Le Bons Stream** and **Hughes Drain**
           by name, **6%** 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, **1** hill density line holds 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 **5** photographs on this ground, 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, **2** inscribed plaques, [Le Bons Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4248-le-bons-bay-cemetery), [Le Bons Bay Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5085-le-bons-bay-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, **6** drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Runanga o Koukourarata and Te Runanga o Onuku. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
The files record **1** parcel of made or characterised ground inside this outline. 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 council’s structure register stands **1** asset on this ground, 1 shelter, sited at Le Bons Bay Cemetery. 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 **4** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 tennis, 1 cricket, 1 basketball. 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 **41** living trees inside this outline, **13** veterans among them, 5 carrying a protection, mostly English Oak, Austrian Pine, Podaocarp. The file remembers **4** 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 **80%** of this outline under **Rural Banks Peninsula**, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 5%, 84% 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 **1** place by name in this suburb, **Peace Memorial Library and Setting**. 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).

## The names on this ground (14)
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/le-bons-bay), bay
- [Le Bons Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/le-bons-bay-cemetery), cemetery
- [Otepatotu](https://www.chch.live/rock/otepatotu), crag
- [Katawa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/katawa-head), headland · Katawa
- [Poutākoro Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/poutakoro-head), headland · Poutākoro
- [Steep Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/steep-head), headland
- [Le bons bay lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/le-bons-bay-lookout), lookout
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1995
- [Kellers Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/kellers-peak), summit · 610 m
- [Lavericks](https://www.chch.live/summit/lavericks), summit · 755 m
- [Le Bons Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/le-bons-peak), summit · 500 m
- [Ellangowan Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/ellangowan-stream), waterway · 2.8 km
- [Knight Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/knight-stream), waterway · 8.0 km
- [Le Bons Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/le-bons-stream), waterway · 6.4 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 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 August 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570822.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 29 August 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570829.2.15.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 October 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601010.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 03 November 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601103.2.25.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [GENERAL SUMMARY. (Timaru Herald, 26 April 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18750426.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1875-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE P.S. TONGARIRO. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18771113.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 April 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820406.2.5.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18840311.2.11.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18840328.2.13.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 December 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18871224.2.6.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1887-12-24T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Le Bons Bay
- [Xanthoparmelia neotinctina seen — Le Bons Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407691766), iNaturalist · liadan_dickie, 12 Oct 2026
- [Grimmia trichophylla seen — Le Bons Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407687847), iNaturalist · liadan_dickie, 12 Oct 2026
- [Racomitrium didymum seen — Le Bons Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407679914), iNaturalist · liadan_dickie, 12 Oct 2026
- [Frullania fugax seen — Le Bons Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407662871), iNaturalist · liadan_dickie, 12 Oct 2026
- [Giant Scale Insects seen — Le Bons Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406194137), iNaturalist · nichwildlife, 6 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (1 injury crash)

1 crash that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Le Bons Bay Road at Panama Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=le-bons-bay-rd&suburb=le-bons-bay), 1 injury crash.

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

## The crime record (2 recorded victimisations)

2 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 1 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=le-bons-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Next door
- [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay)
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)
- [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)
- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Le Bons Bay with [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=le-bons-bay&b=okains-bay) · [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=akaroa&b=le-bons-bay) · [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=le-bons-bay) · [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=le-bons-bay&b=wainui) · [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=le-bons-bay&b=pigeon-bay) · [Little River](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=le-bons-bay&b=little-river), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Le Bons Bay?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 41 council reports for it, the first filed in November 2017.

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

About 651 people and 276 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 Le Bons Bay?**

41 reports on record, most often trees & parks (17), water & drains (7), roads & footpaths (6). 8 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Le Bons Bay had?**

1 injury crash on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=le-bons-bay)

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