# Pigeon Bay, Christchurch

80 council reports since May 2016, the 101st busiest suburb in the city. 64 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/pigeon-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 (64 on record)
- [466 Summit Road, Duvauchelle, Pigeon Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8822874)
- [12–46 Starvation Gully Rd, Pigeon Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8529545)
- [Canterbury, Pigeon Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8319667)
- [110-94 Middle Road Region 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8168995)
- [380 Pettigrews Rd, Pigeon Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/8033279)
- [106–110 Middle Rd, Pigeon Bay 7583](https://www.chch.live/report/7966876)

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

## 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.*
- [Port Cooper (Tewhaka), Port Levy (Koko-rarata), and Pigeon Bay (Wakaroa) surveyed by Captn. J. L. Stokes, R.N.](https://www.chch.live/then/1850s#p-29954447), 1856 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Saw mill in Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/then/1860s#p-59372971), 1862 · Canterbury Stories
- [Unidentified man lying on grass near Pigeon Bay pier](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48495898), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [View of Barry’s Bay from Pigeon Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48495891), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Pigeon Bay Peace Celebrations](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-54504526), 1919 · Canterbury Stories
- [Pigeon Bay Peace Celebrations, residents group](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-54504529), 1919 · Canterbury Stories
- [Girls at the Sunlight League's camp at Pigeon Bay, near Lyttelton Heads](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-38521500), 1938 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

## The record on Pigeon Bay
- Pigeon Bay enters the written record in 12 April 1851, [“Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510412.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Pigeon Bay” appears somewhere in 697 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 27 May 2016, at Little Pigeon Bay Road.
- Its busiest day was 27 May 2016, 3 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Pettigrews Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/pettigrews-road), reported on 14 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 (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 of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
7 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 31 July 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
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8822874), 28 Aug 2026 · 466 Summit Road, “farmers balage wrap blowing onto road and into environment. not exact location pin”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8529545), 6 Jul 2026 · 12–46 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…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8319667), 27 May 2026 · Canterbury, “As this road is considered public but not maintained by council, could we please close it from the locked gate to the…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8168995), 29 Apr 2026 · 110-94 Middle Road Region 7583, “culvert 2, 3 and others totally blocked from shingle off road. road needs grading, terrible ruts from water flow and…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8151185), 26 Apr 2026 · 106–110 Middle Rd, “Unsealed section of Middle Rd needs grading. Very very rutted.”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8033279), 5 Apr 2026 · 380 Pettigrews Rd, “Hello, maintenance on Kukupa side School reserve . The driveway needs to be cleared as it’s totally overgrown, and…”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7966876), 24 Mar 2026 · 106–110 Middle Rd, “Culvert number 12 Middle Road Pigeon Bay. Culvert is blocked and overflowing stormwater is scarring out the road below…”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7910744), 15 Mar 2026 · 380 Pettigrews Road, “Kukupa side School and reserve. Maintenance issues- the door to the shower and toilet block is still bust open…”
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7763212), 18 Feb 2026 · 142 Shadbolts Rd, “Culvert number 11 on Shadbolts in Road Pigeon Bay is fully blocked with Travel and stormwater is running down the road…”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7752879), 17 Feb 2026 · 74 Wharf Road, “imminent tree fall”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7599010), 22 Jan 2026 · 81 Wharf Road, “The road drain opposite the camping ground gate (the one closest to the jetty) is blocked so the water pouring off the…”
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/7494233), 6 Jan 2026 · 378 Pettigrews Road, “bee hive round the back of the kukupa side school and reserve. needs to be removed due to potential threat of…”

## Reports per year
- 2016, 4
- 2017, 5
- 2018, 3
- 2019, 2
- 2020, 3
- 2021, 7
- 2022, 6
- 2023, 10
- 2024, 10
- 2025, 18

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 43
- Trees & parks, 22
- Water & drains, 7
- Rubbish & dumping, 3
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 3
- Vehicles & parking, 1
- Everything else, 1

## Exactly what people say
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 17
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 16
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 7
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 6
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 4
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 3
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Pettigrews Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/pettigrews-road), reported on 14 separate days
- [Middle Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/middle-road), reported on 12 separate days
- [Wharf Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/wharf-road), reported on 9 separate days
- [Shadbolts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/shadbolts-road), reported on 6 separate days
- [Pigeon Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/pigeon-bay-road), reported on 4 separate days
- [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/summit-road), reported on 2 separate days
- [Starvation Gully Road](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/starvation-gully-road), reported on 2 separate days
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/street/pigeon-bay/pigeon-bay), 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) · [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-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), the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (6)
- [Pigeon Bay Campground](https://www.chch.live/park/1050-pigeon-bay-campground), 2 ha · playground, 14 pieces
- [Pettigrews Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1818-pettigrews-reserve)
- [Kukupa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1770-kukupa-reserve)
- [Pigeon Bay Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1537-pigeon-bay-boat-park)
- [Pigeon Bay Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1609-pigeon-bay-park)
- [Pigeon Bay Hall](https://www.chch.live/park/1653-pigeon-bay-hall)

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

## The civic shelf (2)
- [Pigeon Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-61), Cemetery
- [Pigeon Bay Collection Point](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-19), Transfer station
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 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 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: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/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: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/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: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **6** inscribed plaques, [Pigeon Bay Hall](https://www.chch.live/plaque/309977-pigeon-bay-hall) 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, **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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
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. 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 **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 on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
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 canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/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 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 **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 schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
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](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 (19)
- [Holmes Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/holmes-bay), bay
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-bay), bay · Wakaroa
- [Holmes Bay Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/holmes-bay-crag), crag
- [Gordon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gordon-point), headland
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point), headland
- [Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-pataka-o-rakaihautu-banks-peninsula), headland · Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū
- [Teopopaka Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/teopopaka-point), headland · Teopopaka
- [Wakaroa Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/wakaroa-point), headland · Wakaroa
- [Haytor](https://www.chch.live/summit/haytor), summit
- [Holmes](https://www.chch.live/summit/holmes), summit
- [Pearce](https://www.chch.live/summit/pearce), summit · 737 m
- [Pigeon Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/pigeon-bay-peak), summit
- [Wild Cattle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/wild-cattle-hill), summit
- [Zig Zag](https://www.chch.live/summit/zig-zag), summit
- [Dick Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/dick-stream), waterway · 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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510412.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520403.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [SCHEDULE A. (Lyttelton Times, 19 June 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520619.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520710.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 July 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520724.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520828.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 September 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520904.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 May 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530528.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Pigeon Bay
- [Something seen — Wharf Rd, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407468389), iNaturalist · bga51, 11 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — South Island, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405589015), iNaturalist · hugh_eaton, 4 Oct 2026
- [Hakeke seen — Te Ara Pātaka Summit Walkway, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404849852), iNaturalist · vickisteven, 1 Oct 2026
- [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…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wn5134/big_light_flashes_at_port_hills_anybody_else_see/), r/chch · KatanaF2190, 22 Sept 2026
- [Something seen — Summit Rd, Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401803258), iNaturalist · hannah_whittall, 20 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: [Port Levy Pigeon Bay Road at Little Pigeon Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=port-levy-pigeon-bay-rd&suburb=pigeon-bay), 2 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (10 recorded victimisations)

10 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’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.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=pigeon-bay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (2 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-pigeon-bay), 1
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-pigeon-bay), 1

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

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

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Pigeon Bay with [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=pigeon-bay) · [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=okains-bay&b=pigeon-bay) · [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=pigeon-bay&b=port-levy) · [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=pigeon-bay&b=wainui) · [Little River](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=little-river&b=pigeon-bay) · [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=akaroa&b=pigeon-bay), 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 14 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 →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=pigeon-bay)

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