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Pigeon Bay, Christchurch
80 council reports since May 2016, the 101st busiest suburb in the city. 64 photographs on record.
The record also holds 2023 Census snapshot· 64 photographs· 7 old photographs· 6 parks· 2 civic facilities· 19 names on the map· the record drew water over 2% of the outline· inside the broad slope-instability overlay· the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 1% of the outline· ecological sites over 3% of the outline· landscape schedules over 83% of the outline· setback strips over 3% of the outline· 10 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 6 remembered names on this ground· 2 drawn rules bind this ground· 7 council structures on the register· 1 recreation register record· 135 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 5 places on the heritage schedule· 32 epicentres inside the outline· 7 injury crashes· 10 recorded victimisations· 2 businesses· the council’s fix times· 40 documents· 5 mentions on the wire
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
The ground: the flood record drew water over 2% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 6 parks and 2 civic facilities, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 16 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 28 August 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 27 May 2016, 3 reports in a single day.
2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here
About 651 people and 276 occupied private households in the “Banks Peninsula Eastern Bays” and “Diamond Harbour” areas, grouped from 6 SA1 areas. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.
More of the 2023 Census
- Born overseas19% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity93% of ethnicity responses
Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.
Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.
As reported 64 on record
The suburb, back then 7 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.
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Pigeon Bay
- Pigeon Bay enters the written record on 12 April 1851, “Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)”, Papers Past.
- “Pigeon Bay” appears somewhere in 691 of the archive’s records, title, description or body.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance, not by phrase.
- The first report the feed ever carried here: roading/streets, 27 May 2016, at Little Pigeon Bay Road.
- Its busiest day on record was 27 May 2016, 3 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Pettigrews Road, reported on 14 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside Banks Peninsula ward, the Banks Peninsula community board is its local layer. The whole roll is at /wards.
Lately the newest reports
Hazard, vehicle12–46 Starvation Gully Rd
Freedom camping in Pigeon Bay, on Starvation Gully road. Person sleeps in vehicle as it’s always seen fogged up in the morning, when I drive past to work, go…
Damaged RoadCanterbury
As this road is considered public but not maintained by council, could we please close it from the locked gate to the first corner. We are happy to fix it as…
Damaged Road110-94 Middle Road Region 7583
culvert 2, 3 and others totally blocked from shingle off road. road needs grading, terrible ruts from water flow and vehicles.
Overgrown Vegetation380 Pettigrews Rd
Hello, maintenance on Kukupa side School reserve . The driveway needs to be cleared as it’s totally overgrown, and there’s the plant growing wild , BROOM…
Roads - General106–110 Middle Rd
Culvert number 12 Middle Road Pigeon Bay. Culvert is blocked and overflowing stormwater is scarring out the road below it
Park - General Request380 Pettigrews Road
Kukupa side School and reserve. Maintenance issues- the door to the shower and toilet block is still bust open. Vegetation all around building is very…
Flooding142 Shadbolts Rd
Culvert number 11 on Shadbolts in Road Pigeon Bay is fully blocked with Travel and stormwater is running down the road scouring out the surface
Street Gutters / Storm Water81 Wharf Road
The road drain opposite the camping ground gate (the one closest to the jetty) is blocked so the water pouring off the hill is not going down to the under road…
Pest / Vermin378 Pettigrews Road
bee hive round the back of the kukupa side school and reserve. needs to be removed due to potential threat of unmonitored hives spreading AFB virus
Reports per year up 80% 2024→2025
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What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 290 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Pigeon Bay took 3 weeks to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 4 months or longer. 5 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 31 July 2022.
Work orders, not the resident reports above, 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 · the whole city’s fix times.
The suburb today
Schools here
Zoned for Aidanfield Christian School · Christchurch Adventist School · Duvauchelle School · Middleton Grange School · St Thomas of Canterbury College · Villa Maria College, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.
The green here 6
- Pigeon Bay Campground2 ha · playground, 14 pieces
- Pettigrews Reserve
- Kukupa Reserve
- Pigeon Bay Boat Park
- Pigeon Bay Park
- Pigeon Bay Hall
Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf 2
- Pigeon Bay CemeteryCemetery
- Pigeon Bay Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
Libraries, halls, cemeteries and the rest in the council’s open data, a facility lands in the suburb its point or centre falls inside. The whole shelf is at /facilities.
The names on this ground 19
The flood record drew water over 1.6% of this outline, about 159 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /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 is drawn at /slope.
The council’s structure register stands 7 assets on this ground, 4 sets of steps, 1 boat ramp, 1 shelter, 1 jetty, sited at Pigeon Bay Hall, Pigeon Bay South, Pigeon Bay Campground. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.
The recreation register keeps 1 record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 135 living trees inside this outline, 18 veterans among them, mostly Macrocarpa, Pohutukawa, Cabbage tree. The file remembers 4 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.
The plan files 82% of this outline under Rural Banks Peninsula, the rest mostly Transport 1%, Open Space Natural 1%, 83% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.
The plan’s heritage schedule protects 5 places by name in this suburb, Dwelling and Setting, Annandale, Dwelling and Setting, former Burnside, Farm Building and Setting, Annandale Woolshed among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 1% of this outline, about 50 hectares, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers 2% 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 is drawn at /cultural.
The plan’s ecological schedules cover 3% of this outline, about 298 hectares across 5 scheduled sites, 3% 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 is drawn at /ecology.
The plan’s landscape schedules cover 83% of this outline, about 7,995 hectares across 15 scheduled areas, 9% of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and 13% of it sits inside the coastal environment. 5 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 is drawn at /landscape.
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 163 classified reaches, the plan calling Pigeon Bay Stream and Addington Brook by name, 3% 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 reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /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 is drawn at /density.
The rebuild’s cameras filed 10 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 is drawn at /rebuild.
The remembered names stand on this ground, 6 inscribed plaques, Pigeon Bay Hall among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.
The rulebook binds this ground, 2 drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Runanga o Koukourarata, Te Runanga o Onuku and Wairewa Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 32 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, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.
- Holmes Baybay
- Pigeon Baybay · Wakaroa
- Holmes Bay Cragcrag
- Gordon Pointheadland
- Pigeon Pointheadland
- Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsulaheadland · Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū
- Teopopaka Pointheadland · Teopopaka
- Wakaroa Pointheadland · Wakaroa
- Haytorsummit
- Holmessummit
- Pearcesummit · 737 m
- Pigeon Bay Peaksummit
- Wild Cattle Hillsummit
- Zig Zagsummit
- Dick Streamwaterway · 3.1 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.
The crash record 7 injury crashes
7 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Pigeon Bay's outline, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner that keeps appearing: Port Levy Pigeon Bay Road at Little Pigeon Bay Road, 2 injury crashes.
The crime record 10 recorded victimisations
10 victimisations on the Police record inside Pigeon Bay’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 4 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.
Businesses here 2 in the directory
2 premises in Pigeon Bay across 2 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.
Before any of that
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Pigeon Bay, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.
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Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)
…asers and terms with further particulars may be learned by applying to mr ebenezer hay of pigeon bay or messrs deans of riccarton lyttelton march 19 1851 for sale ex australia a tons of good firewood…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852)
…bedient servant john robert godley his excellency the governor-in-chief h m brig victoria pigeon bay march 27th 1852 sir i am directed by his excellency the governor-in-chief to acknowledge the receip…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SCHEDULE A. (Lyttelton Times, 19 June 1852)
…st of bank peninsula midway between the eastern head of port levy and the western head of pigeon bay due north and south across bank peninsula until it meets the sea on the south coast of the said pen…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1852)
…messrs cookson bowler co lyttelton to be sold or lel rphat desirable house known 1 as the pigeon bay inn with the good-will of a thriving business and all the fixtures and appurtenances together with…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 July 1852)
…or r wokmald esq solicitor lyttelton to be sold or let that desirable house known as the pigeon bay inn with the good-will of a thriving business and all the fixtures and appurtenances together with…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)
…rticulars apply to a j alport 2 norwich quay or to wm graham brenchley farm to be sold at pigeon bay a valuable 50 acre section situated adjoining the church reserve the greater part has been cleared…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)
…fice of longden le chen terms liberal to suit the convenience of purchasers to be sold at pigeon bay a valuable 50 acre section situated adjoining the church reserve the greater part has been cleared…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1852)
…antial building erected thereon apply to mr prichard solicitor christchurch to be sold at pigeon bay a valuable 50 acre section situated adjoining the church reserve the greater part has been cleared…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 September 1852)
…antial building erected thereon apply to mr prichabd solicitor christchurch to be sold at pigeon bay a valuable 50 acre section situated adjoining the church reserve the greater part has been cleared…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 May 1853)
…eams of pure water running constantly and the soil is excellent apply to c b robinson esq pigeon bay to be let for 7 14 or 21 years ity k acres water frontage excellent j soil with about 20 acres of w…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The wire on Pigeon Bay 5 lately
Something seen — Wharf Rd, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZiNaturalist · bga51 ·
Something seen — South Island, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZiNaturalist · hugh_eaton ·
Hakeke seen — Te Ara Pātaka Summit Walkway, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZiNaturalist · vickisteven ·
As seen from South Brighton Surf Club at 9:30(22Sept 2026)tonight two very big flashes very low. First slightly above sea level -second just above port hills - towards Pigeon Bay/Port Levy direction…r/chch · KatanaF2190 ·
Something seen — Summit Rd, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZiNaturalist · hannah_whittall ·
Next door
Compare Pigeon Bay with Duvauchelle · Okains Bay · Port Levy · Wainui · Little River · Akaroa, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Pigeon Bay?
A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 80 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2016.
How many people does the 2023 Census count for Pigeon 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 Pigeon Bay?
80 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (43), trees & parks (22), water & drains (7). 16 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.
How many crashes has Pigeon Bay had?
7 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
Did earthquakes strike under Pigeon Bay?
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 32 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M4.0 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking felt here. The whole sequence, counted → · The story, in plain language →
Every suburb in Christchurch → · Its decade, charted → · the whole A–Z →