# Moncks Bay, Christchurch

446 council reports since June 2015, the 89th busiest suburb in the city. 320 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/moncks-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/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Moncks Bay is a south-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncks_Bay), a tertiary source

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$700 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $560–$1,050, across 9 bonds, up 10% on a year ago. That’s about **$150 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Redcliffs area, which takes in this coast with its neighbours.

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,061 people and 891 occupied private households, grouped from 12 SA1 areas in Redcliffs. Nearby statistical areas stand in for this place, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 13% (264 people)
- 65 and over: about 27% (552 people)
- Born overseas: about 26% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 90% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 63% 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 (320 on record)
- [37 Wakatu Ave](https://www.chch.live/report/9084109)
- [10 Wakatu Avenue, Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/report/9032483)
- [56 Bay View Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9016868)
- [167 Main Road, Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/report/8836762)
- [1 Cliff St](https://www.chch.live/report/8641185)
- [3 Bay View Road, Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/report/8468873)

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

## The suburb, back then (5 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.*
- [Moncks Bay, Tresillian Station house](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502569), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791414), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Moncks Bay and Southshore Spit](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791422), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Boats in Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-58046518), 2004 · Canterbury Stories
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/2000s#p-62856770), 2005 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Moncks Bay
- Moncks Bay enters the written record in 23 March 1882, [“CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 23 March 1882)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18820323.2.8.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Moncks Bay” appears somewhere in 47 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 15 June 2015, at 165.
- Its busiest day was 5 September 2024, 5 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/main-road), reported on 137 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (755 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Moncks Bay took **5 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.
25 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 3 October 2022.

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
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9084109), 13 Oct 2026 · 37 Wakatu Ave, “2 road cones still outside on road from work that was completed weeks ago. Need to be collected.”
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9032483), 5 Oct 2026 · 10 Wakatu Avenue, “inside toilet”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9016868), 2 Oct 2026 · 56 Bay View Rd, “Water leaking”
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8836762), 31 Aug 2026 · 167 Main Road, “This low chain is a trip hazard on the path out to the sea scouts jetty. Particularly in the evenings. It serves no…”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8649832), 28 Jul 2026 · 58 Bay View Rd, “These dog park gate at the end of the street is not closing properly and someone has used a dog lead to keep it closed…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8641185), 27 Jul 2026 · 1 Cliff St, “Hi. Just wondering if this recent road repair in Cliff St is finished? It is crumbling and going down the drain to the…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8468873), 24 Jun 2026 · 3 Bay View Road, “leaking water meter”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8434988), 18 Jun 2026 · 24 Wakatu Avenue, “continuous heavy smoke from this chimney all day yesterday, 17/6/26”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8423142), 16 Jun 2026 · 69 Bay View Rd, “Leaves blocking drain”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8391787), 10 Jun 2026 · 200B Main Road, “utility cabinet likely Orion inside Barnett Park Redcliffs.”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8391148), 10 Jun 2026 · 8 Red Rock Ln, “Blocked open storm water drain between 5 & 8 Red Rock Lane, this is normally cleared by CCC as this takes water off…”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8388204), 9 Jun 2026 · 58 Bay View Rd, “This gate spring is dangerous. The spring is far too strong. I understand that it’s stung for dogs but the tension is…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 3
- 2016, 5
- 2017, 10
- 2018, 17
- 2019, 28
- 2020, 31
- 2021, 57
- 2022, 62
- 2023, 75
- 2024, 69
- 2025, 50

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 158
- Roads & footpaths, 108
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 58
- Trees & parks, 47
- Rubbish & dumping, 32
- Everything else, 21
- Vehicles & parking, 14
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 5

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 75
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 54
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 41
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 25
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 23
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 22
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 16
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 15

## On the heritage register (1)
- [Redcliffs Tram/Bus Shelter, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/139)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/main-road), reported on 137 separate days
- [Bay View Road](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/bay-view-road), reported on 80 separate days
- [Wakatu Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/wakatu-avenue), reported on 27 separate days
- [Cliff Street](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/cliff-street), reported on 27 separate days
- [Red Rock Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/red-rock-lane), reported on 7 separate days
- [Galilee Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/moncks-bay/galilee-lane), reported on 2 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [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) · [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (1)
- [Yacht Club Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1790-yacht-club-reserve)

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

## The tracks through here (1)
- [Walk and bike track through Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 4.0 km · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 0.3% 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 5.3% of this outline 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 2011 grading filed 38.9% of this outline, about 15 hectares, mostly **TC2**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 40.1% of this outline, about 15 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **45%** of this outline, about 17 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 **7%** of this outline, rockfall management area 2, rockfall management area 1, cliff collapse management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **47%** 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 **100%** of this outline, about 38 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **4%** of this outline across **3** scheduled areas, **4%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **49%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. 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 flood map draws **11%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground across **8** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **34%** of it, Moncks Redcliffs. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **25** classified reaches, the plan calling **Rifle Range Waterway** and **Pump Station 222 Drain**
           by name, **8%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. 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 rebuild’s cameras filed **443** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, 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 pedal network threads this ground, **6.6 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-ihutai-coastal-pathway). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **5** inscribed plaques, [Avon And Heathcote Estuary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95225-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), [Yacht Club Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58903-yacht-club-reserve), [Monks Bay Gun Emplacement](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95227-monks-bay-gun-emplacement) 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, **3** drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of 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 **9** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly loess, compacted hardfill. 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 **30** rocks inside this outline across 23 survey pins, **13** came down, 13 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **51%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, and 1 assessed area here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **13** assets on this ground, 4 ramps, 4 sets of steps, 2 boat ramps, 2 viewing platforms, sited at Yacht Club Reserve, Barnett Park Conservation, Cave Tce And Shag Rock, Barnett Park Sports Grounds. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The register counts **63** living trees inside this outline, 4 carrying a protection, mostly Pohutukawa, Paper Birch, Silver Birch. The file remembers **35** 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 **50%** of this outline under **Residential Hills**, **83%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 33%, Transport 9%. 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 exceptions touch **2%** of this outline, 7 qualifying matters, mostly section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **Redcliffs Tram/Bus Shelter, Wall 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 3 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.3 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 (1)
- [A Day at the Beach](https://www.chch.live/memorial/a-day-at-the-beach), artwork · Oli Aikawa

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.*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 23 March 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18820323.2.8.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Moncks Bay, Tresillian Station house](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55833), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040715.2.59.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040716.2.69.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040719.2.56.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040721.2.5.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040726.2.7.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040729.2.46.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 02 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040802.2.52.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040804.2.8.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1904-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Moncks Bay
- [Siphonaria australis seen — Main Rd near Mulgans Trk, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407411619), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026
- [winter copper seen — Main Rd near Mulgans Trk, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406700266), iNaturalist · butterfly4, 8 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Moncks Bay, Heathcote Ward, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405678842), iNaturalist · shuizetinglan_dong, 4 Oct 2026
- [winter copper seen — Main Rd near Mulgans Trk, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403153856), iNaturalist · butterfly4, 25 Sept 2026
- [poison hemlock seen — Main Rd near Wakatu Ave, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402620461), iNaturalist · tuatarajafa, 23 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (7 injury crashes)

7 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Main Road at Cliff Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-rd&suburb=moncks-bay), 2 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (25 recorded victimisations)

25 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 3 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=moncks-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (4 stops)

4 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3).
- Main Rd near Cliff St
- Main Rd near Moncks Bay Ln
- Main Rd near Wakatu Ave near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Wakatu Ave near Main Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Next door
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/richmond-hill)
- [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner)
- [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant)
- [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Moncks Bay with [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=clifton&b=moncks-bay) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=redcliffs) · [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=richmond-hill) · [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=sumner) · [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=mount-pleasant) · [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=southshore), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Moncks Bay?**

Moncks Bay is a south-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 446 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

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

About 2,061 people and 891 occupied private households (nearby SA1s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Moncks Bay?**

446 reports on record, most often water & drains (158), roads & footpaths (108), graffiti & vandalism (58). 51 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

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

7 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=moncks-bay)

**What stood in Moncks Bay before?**

The heritage register holds 1 place here, [Redcliffs Tram/Bus Shelter, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/139). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Moncks%20Bay%22)

**Does Moncks Bay have buses?**

4 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 3.

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