Dumped Rubbish1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula
Greenwaste has continually been dumped by the road on council land here. It has filled the space and now it is being dumped on the other side of the big pine…
Port Levy, Christchurch
84 council reports since November 2015, the 100th busiest suburb in the city. 66 photographs on record.
The record also holds 2023 Census snapshot· 66 photographs· 3 old photographs· 2 parks· 5 civic facilities· 1 place of worship· 1 marae· 17 names on the map· the record drew water over 16% of the outline· inside the broad slope-instability overlay· the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 36% of the outline· ecological sites over 3% of the outline· landscape schedules over 82% of the outline· setback strips over 1% of the outline· 5 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 2 remembered names on this ground· 4 drawn rules bind this ground· 2 council structures on the register· 1 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 2 places on the heritage schedule· 87 epicentres inside the outline· 5 injury crashes· 8 recorded victimisations· the council’s fix times· 3 heritage places· 40 documents· 3 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 16% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 2 parks, 5 civic facilities, 1 place of worship and 1 marae, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 11 reports in the year to 13 October 2026, the newest 19 August 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 21 June 2019, 7 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.
About the suburb
Port Levy is a long, sheltered bay and settlement on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand. The current population is under 100, but in the mid-19th century it was the largest Māori settlement in Canterbury with a population of about 400 people. It is named after Solomon Levey, an Australian merchant and ship owner who sent a number of trading vessels to the Banks Peninsula area during the 1820s.
As reported 66 on record
The suburb, back then 3 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 Port Levy
- Port Levy enters the written record on 22 March 1851, “RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1851)”, Papers Past.
- “Port Levy” appears somewhere in 235 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, 9 November 2015, at 80.
- Its busiest day on record was 21 June 2019, 7 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Western Valley Road, reported on 17 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
Roads - General343-257 Camp Bay Road
Hey Team Happy Monday can we get this site rail repaired Thanks ??
Dumped RubbishFernlea Point Rd
Someone has dumped a pile of old carpet & carpet underlay. It was down a cliff toward the sea, I have moved it across the road so that it will not fall down…
Damaged Road1456–1482 Western Valley Rd
Bank above road, supporting significant trees, continues to erode. Caused by loggers widening the road here.
Fallen Tree41–189 Wharf Rd
In the big wind recently this tree broke in pieces across the road, the farmer pushed it to the side with a tractor so they could gain transport access but…
Road Signage257 Camp Bay Road
Overgrown wild fennel lining both sides of the road, blocking visibility of road sign and shortly will collapse onto unsealed road, narrowing it
Roads - General1457 Western Valley Rd
This back continues to collapse and erode. This was reported a couple of years ago, it was dug out by loggers using the road and never properly retained. It…
General Request444 Camp Bay Road
access to the eastern side of the beach has eroded over the last few years making beach access really difficult particularly for young children and older…
Park - General Request444 Camp Bay Road
Fence has been repaired. Too high to climb easily over. Needs a stile. The dogs prohibited sign is falling off. Needs replacing. People often taking dogs on…
Trees - General7 Puari Rd
There are many large trees growing/blocking the stream in front of the ford near 5 Puari Road, Port Levy that need to be removed before the next big rainfall
Trees - General893 Purau Port Levy Road, Diamond Harbour
This large branch fell on Sat and blocked the road. We cleaned it up but 2 further large branches are broken and hanging in a smaller tree overhanging the road…
Trees - General1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula
These trees are leaning dangerously close to 33,000 volt power lines. Tree tech came and cut a few lower branches off and chopped down one fallen tree (as seen…
Reports per year up 33% 2024→2025
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What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 126 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Port Levy took 6 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 6 months or longer. 8 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 27 February 2025.
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 · Middleton Grange School · St Thomas of Canterbury College · Villa Maria College · Cashmere High School (part) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.
The green here 2
- Forestry Reserve Port LevyRegional · 3 ha
- Port Levy Recreation Reserve
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 5
- Fernlea Point Road Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
- Pa Road Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
- Port Levy Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
- Puari Road Collection PointTransfer station · Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
- Purau-Port Levy Road 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.
Where the suburb worships 1
- St Paul's Port Levyan Anglican church · 901 Purau - Port Levy Road
Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.
The marae standing here 1
- Koukourārata Maraepapatipu marae · wharenui Tūtehuarewa · 9 Puāri Road, Port Levy
Marae in the region’s roll, a marae stands where it stands; the join names the suburb the roll files it under. The whole roll is at /maraes.
The names on this ground 17
The flood record drew water over 16.1% of this outline, about 1,335 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 81% 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 2 assets on this ground, 1 shelter, 1 jetty, sited at Port Levy Marae. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 1 living tree inside this outline, 1 veteran among them, mostly Gum. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.
The plan files 73% of this outline under Rural Banks Peninsula, the rest mostly Papakainga Kainga Nohoanga 7%, Open Space Natural 2%, 82% 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 2 places by name in this suburb, 1 graded highly significant, St Paul's Church and Setting, Former Little Port Cooper School and Setting. 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 36% of this outline, about 2,976 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers 19% 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 283 hectares across 2 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 82% of this outline, about 6,802 hectares across 21 scheduled areas, 15% of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and 11% 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, 67 classified reaches, the plan calling Owhetoro Stream and Te Kawa Stream by name, 1% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 10 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, 2 hill density lines hold 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 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 is drawn at /rebuild.
The remembered names stand on this ground, 2 inscribed plaques, Port Levy Former School Site 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, 4 drawn instruments, 4 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga, Te Runanga o Koukourarata and Wairewa Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 87 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.9 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.
- Kokourarata Pouartwork
- Port Levy (Potiriwi) / Koukouraratabay · Potiriwi
- Waitata / Little Port Cooperbay · Waitata
- Baleine Pointheadland
- Pukeiti Pointheadland · Pukeiti
- Te Piaka / Adderley Headheadland · Te Piaka
- Horomaka Islandisland · Horomaka
- Pukerauaruhe Islandisland · Pukerauaruhe
- Kaitaraold site
- Puāriold site
- The Templerock
- Little Mount Herbertsummit · 913 m
- The Monumentsummit
- Koukourārata Streamwaterway · 1.0 km
- Owhetoro Streamwaterway · 1.8 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 5 injury crashes
5 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Port Levy's outline, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.
The corner that keeps appearing: Purau Port Levy Road at Western Valley Road, 3 injury crashes, 1 fatal.
The crime record 8 recorded victimisations
8 victimisations on the Police record inside Port Levy’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 3 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.
Before any of that
On the register here
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Port Levy, 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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RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1851)
…starting point and numbered 64 on the chief surveyor map no 65 r j p fleming 100 acres in port levy the easternmost bay at the head of the harbour sea frontage and numbered 65 on the chief surveyor ma…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851)
…er bay sea frontage and numbered 92 on the chief surveyor map no 93 h w keele 60 acres in port levy on the western side frontage to the sia and numbered 93 on the chief surveyor map no 94 c bovcn 50 a…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 June 1851)
…g may obtain an engagement at the rate of 14s the chain by applying to mr cholmondeley at port levy lodgings to be had within half-a-mile of the place of work c w bishop wholesale and ketaiii provisio…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SCHEDULE A. (Lyttelton Times, 19 June 1852)
…n from a point on the northern coast 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…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)
…son isaac thomas heathcote valley merchant cookson c t w newbigen gentleman cooper george port levy labourer coppel edward lyttelton blacksmith cordy john heathcotefann farmer cortner nicholas head of…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Port Cooper (Tewhaka), Port Levy (Koko-rarata), and Pigeon Bay (Wakaroa) surveyed by Captn. J. L. Stokes, R.N.Heritage Maps / He Mahere Tuku Iho · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries ·
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1856)
…r christchurch march 10th 1556 otat rpwo valuable mares in foal 1 apply to c cholmoxdeley port levy hphe undersigned beer to inform the pub lie in general that he has for sale at his stores in london…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Local Intelligence. (Lyttelton Times, 13 December 1856)
…dship had visited otago and called in on his avay here at akaroa okain bay pigeon bay and port levy we are informed that it is dr selwjm intention to avait in the province for at least ten days in exp…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 05 December 1857)
…ton nov 19th 1857 wanted a smart lad who can milk and fetch cattle apply to c cholmondely port levy wanted a married couple for a station apply to a j alport lyttel ton or to e j lee at mr woodmans pa…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 09 December 1857)
…nov 19th 1857 f wanted a smart lad who can mifit and figtch cattle apply to g cholmondely port levy l wanted a married couple for a station apply to a jalport lyttelton or to e j lee at mr woodmans pa…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 Port Levy 3 lately
Stechginster seen — Port Levy 8972, NeuseelandiNaturalist · amke1 ·
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 — Port Levy 8972, New ZealandiNaturalist · danielbristow ·
69 more documents came up in searches for Port Levy's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.
Next door
Compare Port Levy with Purau · Diamond Harbour · te-onepoto-taylors-mistake · Charteris Bay · Lyttelton · Scarborough, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Port Levy?
Port Levy is a long, sheltered bay and settlement on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand. The public record holds 84 council reports for it, the first filed in November 2015.
How many people does the 2023 Census count for Port Levy?
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 Port Levy?
84 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (41), trees & parks (24), rubbish & dumping (9). 11 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.
How many crashes has Port Levy had?
5 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
Did earthquakes strike under Port Levy?
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 87 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M4.9 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 →
What stood in Port Levy before?
The heritage register holds 3 places here, Former Little Port Cooper School and Setting, Quarantine Cemetery among them. The written record goes back further: the shelf, for the name →
Every suburb in Christchurch → · Its decade, charted → · the whole A–Z →