Dyers Pass Road
59 reports at 15 addresses in Governors Bay, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 54 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Dyers Pass Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Governors Bay.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The addresses on it
- 561 Dyers Pass Road, 26 reports
- 560 Dyers Pass Road, 10 reports
- 751 Dyers Pass Road, 3 reports
- 555 Dyers Pass Road, 3 reports
- 1105 Dyers Pass Road, 3 reports
- 1103 Dyers Pass Road, 3 reports
- 572 Dyers Pass Road, 2 reports
- 1091 Dyers Pass Road, 2 reports
- 963 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 715 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 571A Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 1101 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 1073 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 1063 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
- 1051 Dyers Pass Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 25 reports
- Trees & parks, 17 reports
- Water & drains, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 15 reports
- 2023, 10 reports
- 2024, 15 reports
- 2025, 11 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 50 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- ARBOR DAY. (Star, 31 May 1906)
· Papers Past,
…ue which arranged to celebrate arbor day to-day by planting some hundreds of trees on the dyers pass road was almost defeated in carrying out its object by the weather it had fixed ten oclock as the t…
- CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 10 August 1909)
· Papers Past,
…rd had made a request for a contribution of 300 yards of broken metal towards reinstating dyers pass road which it was alleged had blen considerably damaged during the construction of the waterworks c…
- Sign of the Kiwi
· Canterbury Stories,
Cardboard mounted photographs showing interior dining room of the Sign of the Kiwi on Dyers Pass Road. Photographs…
- Sign of the Kiwi
· Canterbury Stories,
Cardboard mounted photographs showing interior dining room of the Sign of the Kiwi on Dyers Pass Road. Photographs…
- Sign of the Kiwi building: digital image
· Picture Wairarapa,
Shows the Sign of the Kiwi building on Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road in Christchurch. Designed by <span style="color:#333333;font-family:arial…
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 November 1925)
· Papers Past,
…too large for us to handle v x national mortgage agency co ltd leeston and southbridde i dyers pass road chrisichurch ft hackthorne road chch 30 mph pgmstjzjs a-e crensterrace timaru ysgr yi re stree…
- Aerial photomosaic of Dyers Pass Road and Bowenvale Avenue
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Dyers Pass Road, Hackthorne Road, and Bowenvale Avenue. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Port Hills and Dyers Pass Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Port Hills and Dyers Pass Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Summit Road and Dyers Pass Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of the Port Hills showing sections of Summit Road and Dyers Pass Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Aerial photomosaic of Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of the Port Hills showing sections of Summit Road and Dyers Pass Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- CLEVER CHILDREN (Evening Post, 24 December 1926)
· Papers Past,
…race christchurch age 8 bell edna 109 cambridge terrace christchurch age 10 brown alan 12 dyers pass road cashmere age 13 henshaw henry lucas 99 springs road soekburn christchurch age is hollsacl mick…
- Dyers Pass and Sign of the Kiwi
· Canterbury Stories,
View of Dyers Pass Road, with the Sign of the Kiwi visible on the right. Photographs…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Dyers Pass Road in 21 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 7 seriously hurt.
The corner the record returns to: Dyers Pass Road & Summit Road, 166 crashes pinned to the pairing, 6 killed.
Its file in the papers
Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 August 1859) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 27 April 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1862) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 May 1884) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- CASHMERE HILLS RECREATION RESERVE. (Star, 25 June 1885) · Star,
- CYCLING. (Star, 16 November 1901) · Star,
- TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 20 August 1906) · Feilding Star,
- A MAN HANGED. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 August 1906) · Wanganui Chronicle,
- SUPPOSED SUICIDE (Grey River Argus, 20 August 1906) · Grey River Argus,
- SUPPOSED SUICIDE. (Colonist, 20 August 1906) · Colonist,
- A Man Hanged. (Wanganui Herald, 20 August 1906) · Wanganui Herald,
- CASUALTIES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1906) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- BODY UNIDENTIFIED. (Taranaki Daily News 22-8-1906) · Taranaki Daily News,
- THE SUMMIT ROAD. (Star, 02 August 1907) · Star,
- THE SUMMIT ROAD. (Star, 30 December 1908) · Star,
- THE MOTOR RELIABILITY TRIALS. (Star, 31 December 1908) · Star,
- MOUNT HERBERT COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1920) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
- Police name cyclist killed in Dyers Pass Road crash, seek footage · The news · Chris Lynch Media,
- Fatal Crash Closes Dyers Pass Road Near Christchurch · The news · Mirage News,
- Cyclist dies in crash on Dyers Pass Road · The news · Chris Lynch Media,
- Emergency services respond to crash involving cyclist on Dyers Pass Road · The news · Chris Lynch Media,
- So with the new law change we are to always give cyclists 1.5m plus when passing them. Normally this is fine. But there's one situation where I'm a bit unsure what best practice is: Dyers Pass Road… · r/chch · Special-Drama-6090,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Road Blockage, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Public Toilet, 561 Dyers Pass Rd,
- Roads - General, 1073 Dyers Pass Road,
- Road Signage, 1091 Dyers Pass Rd,
- Pavement - General, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 751 Dyers Pass Road,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 751 Dyers Pass Road,
- Damaged Road, 1091 Dyers Pass Rd,
- Flooding, 1103 Dyers Pass Road,
- Park - General Request, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 561 Dyers Pass Road,
- Damaged Road, 572 Dyers Pass Road,
- Road Blockage, 571A Dyers Pass Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Governors Bay, Christchurch, New Zealand.
59 reports at 15 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (25), trees & parks (17), water & drains (6).
2018, the record covers 54 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road, 166 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 6 of them fatal.
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