# Sign of the Kiwi and Setting

1700 Summit Road · Governors Bay · Heritage NZ list 1930
https://www.chch.live/place/61
Locality record: [Governors Bay on the register](https://www.chch.live/history/governors-bay)
Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/summit-road
Stands inside: [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve) — the park outlines the pin falls inside
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.606525734280524&lon=172.6452935422126
On a walk: [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill)

## The encyclopaedia on it

The Sign of the Kiwi, originally called Toll House, is a small café and shop at Dyers Pass on the road between Christchurch and Governors Bay. It was built in 1916–17 by Harry Ell as a staging post and opened as a tearoom and rest house. It has a Category I heritage classification by Heritage New Zealand and is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. The building was closed some time after the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and did not open again until 23 January 2017, six years later. Although located within the burned area, the building was not damaged by the 2017 Port Hills fires a month later.

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

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence — search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 30 are listed.
- Govenors Bay seen from the Sign of the Kiwi (1947-02-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1940s/ccl-cs-4412
- Sign of the Kiwi (1920-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-44863
- Sign of the Kiwi, Summit Road, Christchurch (1960-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416302
- Summit Road scrapbook, pages 194 and 195 (1900-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/summit-road-scrapbook/ccl-cs-105059
- Summit Road scrapbook, pages 182 and 183 (1900-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/summit-road-scrapbook/ccl-cs-90222
- Summit Road scrapbook, pages 76 and 77 (1900-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/summit-road-scrapbook/ccl-cs-95541
- Sign of the Kiwi Café (2008-01-10T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/milly-hopkins/ccl-cs-8765
- Sign of the Kiwi (2005-09-12T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118355
- PORT HILLS TRAMP (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 August 1937) (1937-08-17T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19370817.2.7
- Sign of the Kiwi garden (2005-09-12T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118356

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Sign of the Kiwi and Setting?**

A place on the record in Governors Bay, at 1700 Summit Road — Heritage New Zealand list no. 1930.

**Where is Sign of the Kiwi and Setting?**

1700 Summit Road, Governors Bay — [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.606525734280524,172.6452935422126,17)