# Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay, Christchurch

59 reports at 15 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 54 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/dyers-pass-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6151&lon=172.6504&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6151&lon=172.6504&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## The addresses on it
- [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 26 reports
- [560 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/560-dyers-pass-road), 10 reports
- [751 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/751-dyers-pass-road), 3 reports
- [555 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/555-dyers-pass-road), 3 reports
- [1105 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1105-dyers-pass-road), 3 reports
- [1103 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1103-dyers-pass-road), 3 reports
- [572 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/572-dyers-pass-road), 2 reports
- [1091 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1091-dyers-pass-road), 2 reports
- [963 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/963-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [715 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/715-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [571A Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/571a-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [1101 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1101-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [1073 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1073-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [1063 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1063-dyers-pass-road), 1 report
- [1051 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/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](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (50 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [ARBOR DAY. (Star, 31 May 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060531.2.28), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 May 1906
- [CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 10 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090810.2.65), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Aug 1909
- [Sign of the Kiwi](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/photographs/ccl-cs-99534), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1917
- [Sign of the Kiwi](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/photographs/ccl-cs-99549), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1917
- [Sign of the Kiwi building: digital image](https://masterton.spydus.co.nz/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/ARCENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=556678), [Picture Wairarapa](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=Picture%20Wairarapa), 1 Jan 1925
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 November 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19251127.2.33.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Nov 1925
- [Aerial photomosaic of Dyers Pass Road and Bowenvale Avenue](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47094), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Aerial photomosaic of Port Hills and Dyers Pass Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47109), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Aerial photomosaic of Summit Road and Dyers Pass Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47118), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Aerial photomosaic of Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47119), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [CLEVER CHILDREN (Evening Post, 24 December 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19261224.2.75), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Dec 1926
- [Dyers Pass and Sign of the Kiwi](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/photographs/ccl-cs-99544), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1927

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Dyers Pass Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590817.2.24.1), Lyttelton Times · 1859-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590820.2.15.3), Lyttelton Times · 1859-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 27 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610427.2.25.3), Lyttelton Times · 1861-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620329.2.22.4), Lyttelton Times · 1862-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 May 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18840513.2.13.5), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1884-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [CASHMERE HILLS RECREATION RESERVE. (Star, 25 June 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850625.2.27), Star · 1885-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [CYCLING. (Star, 16 November 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011116.2.102), Star · 1901-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19060820.2.19), Feilding Star · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [A MAN HANGED. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19060820.2.27.2), Wanganui Chronicle · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPPOSED SUICIDE (Grey River Argus, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19060820.2.26.4), Grey River Argus · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPPOSED SUICIDE. (Colonist, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19060820.2.19.9), Colonist · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [A Man Hanged. (Wanganui Herald, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19060820.2.4.2), Wanganui Herald · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [CASUALTIES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19060820.2.23), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1906-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [BODY UNIDENTIFIED. (Taranaki Daily News 22-8-1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19060822.2.11.3), Taranaki Daily News · 1906-08-22T12:00:00Z
- [THE SUMMIT ROAD. (Star, 02 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070802.2.64), Star · 1907-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE SUMMIT ROAD. (Star, 30 December 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081230.2.21), Star · 1908-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE MOTOR RELIABILITY TRIALS. (Star, 31 December 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081231.2.41), Star · 1908-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [MOUNT HERBERT COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19200206.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1920-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8810241), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08810241/public/1_7zplhxizxo4e.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8605399), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08605399/public/1_o220ylsb37p.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8454820), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08454820/public/1_mynh49bxhlpl.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6956447), 1091 Dyers Pass Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06956447/public/1_yf2k2b4cs98a.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6809710), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06809710/public/1_aitoorz5ptcb.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6599869), 751 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06599869/public/1_sod9jplwf79d.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6599861), 751 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06599861/public/1_c2ybm43wls4s.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6562064), 1091 Dyers Pass Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06562064/public/1_3dbcid0fhfiu.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6293160), 1103 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06293160/public/1_tl1kg231lnrj.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6024386), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06024386/public/1_94uy1q26yq5y.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5964445), 561 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05964445/public/1_difshgzutx8.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/5903272), 572 Dyers Pass Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05903272/public/1_jmg0mrkzq5j3.jpg

[More photographs on the Governors Bay wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=governors-bay)

## Latest on record
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8810241) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 26 Aug 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8605399) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8454820) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 22 Jun 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8445859) at [561 Dyers Pass Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 20 Jun 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6993128) at [1073 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1073-dyers-pass-road), 5 Oct 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6956447) at [1091 Dyers Pass Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1091-dyers-pass-road), 27 Sept 2025
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6809710) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 28 Aug 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6599869) at [751 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/751-dyers-pass-road), 13 Jul 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6599861) at [751 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/751-dyers-pass-road), 13 Jul 2025
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6562064) at [1091 Dyers Pass Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1091-dyers-pass-road), 4 Jul 2025
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6293160) at [1103 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1103-dyers-pass-road), 6 May 2025
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6024386) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 14 Mar 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5964445) at [561 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road), 3 Mar 2025
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/5903272) at [572 Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/572-dyers-pass-road), 20 Feb 2025
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/5888509) at [571A Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/571a-dyers-pass-road), 17 Feb 2025

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Police name cyclist killed in Dyers Pass Road crash, seek footage](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQa0p2RkFOT1BldWZtUGMxYmprY09lM3h5Y2s2ZkVLc19uclVsRG5WdDhyb1E2d2V4VlVOTTJHRHo3TEhTQ2VfazB5SFVDLWxOQ1JTdEFzVm1rOFVZUkdOVjZiMDh6UzFTOHA1bUYyRHN2akl3SjNGblNWbG5rbHdKeHFnQWdrWGx3ZUw2T3hRZFZtRDVBbGlCYjR6QWRFUzNDLTdxZWVtTmgtdWZq?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 11 Oct 2026
- [Fatal Crash Closes Dyers Pass Road Near Christchurch](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPWXBwaXZPRExpVnlHUzhZYUVReC1YeFgtQmtFS3Bsd0VRUEJTQzE2TmRqZXYtTi1neTJLNWl1V3ZHZGpoQ21OSTVkMU5lZG9DY1VIYUFHb0ZMbnpXdWFqVWs5UlZ1SnI1Tnd0ODlMckVhMld4S2gzZXAzY0txZGRqTQ?oc=5), The news · Mirage News, 9 Oct 2026
- [Cyclist dies in crash on Dyers Pass Road](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNRUVpdGYydHNMY2pHb054Y05UelZJM1FzVGFRZTNSMHpZRk9KWm5XV2NLQ0F4OWF3aUVaTG90ZC1fUGFsTG5JMTZrODlRLVlBRVlGdEctbTBmM0FNd0t0OUN5alZJS19UYWJlN1psajBJQXlvZUpTNG82eG9zRVJBT0dWeEU2OEpQZFktTg?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 9 Oct 2026
- [Emergency services respond to crash involving cyclist on Dyers Pass Road](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQWE5wYWZMSzRNRUsxYmw3ekN3VW5TWWlfM2pjYVBsRzJOYnZJdWZqd3htb0VyWE9faHhIV25RanROVjZrZzU4LW9FczF3SDFEUGJFelFxcXRPVUdJQm44dXdnT0cwVXBUdEpFM0h1c1UyNFE5THRTSnBXaDladjdHMTdORHozU25tZ2NHQXBYLXVFQ25WN2hUZF9oY3Q5MlEtV3RrRGNHNWJubndxTlpQbDVhNkZvR28?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 9 Oct 2026
- [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…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wuj0u8/question_re_new_driving_laws_dyers_pass_road/), r/chch · Special-Drama-6090, 1 Oct 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street 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](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-summit-road), 166 crashes pinned to the pairing, 6 killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dyers-pass-road&suburb=governors-bay)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Dyers Pass Road?**

In [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Dyers Pass Road?**

59 reports at 15 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (25), trees & parks (17), water & drains (6).

**When was Dyers Pass Road first reported on?**

2018, the record covers 54 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Dyers Pass Road?**

[Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-summit-road), 166 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 6 of them fatal.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=governors-bay&street=dyers-pass-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Governors%20Bay&street=dyers-pass-road