# Governors Bay Road, Governors Bay, Christchurch

12 reports at 7 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 12 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.62&lon=172.6518&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- [899 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/899-governors-bay-road), 4 reports
- [911 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/911-governors-bay-road), 2 reports
- [907 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/907-governors-bay-road), 2 reports
- [909 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/909-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [905 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/905-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [895 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/895-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [892 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/892-governors-bay-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 3 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.*
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590122.2.23.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1859
- [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ELLESMERE. CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620412.2.21), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Apr 1862
- [Eruera Tirikatene and Ruti Solomon wedding](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14682), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1919
- [Governors Bay Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive202/photographs/ccl-cs-99554), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [tutu, Coriaria sarmentosa G.Forst.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1465124), [Te Papa Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/te-papa-collections-online), 25 Jan 1941
- [List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-go8151), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Dec 2013
- [List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-go7521), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 12 Dec 2014
- [St Cuthbert's Church](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-57242), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 25 Dec 2014
- [St Cuthbert's Church](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-57250), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 25 Dec 2014
- [St Cuthbert's Church, Allandale](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-57249), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 25 Dec 2014
- [St Cuthbert's Church and cabbage tree](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-57243), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 25 Dec 2014
- [List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-go7367), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 16 Dec 2015

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Governors Bay Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.3), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.1), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.1), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.2), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.2), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531022.2.5), Lyttelton Times · 1853-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.21.1), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 22 January 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670122.2.18.4), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1867-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 26 February 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670226.2.17), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1867-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970907.2.18.5), Star · 1897-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970908.2.21.6), Star · 1897-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970909.2.18.6), Star · 1897-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970913.2.21.4), Star · 1897-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 25 January 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18990125.2.7), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1899-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. (Bush Advocate, 22 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BA19060822.2.10), Bush Advocate · 1906-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8429140), 907 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08429140/public/1_6sbw6nn263ga.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5474918), 909 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05474918/public/1_eq8wg9xlat49.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5258663), 911 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05258663/public/1_rjmw8xi3348h.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4249875), 911 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04249875/public/1_c74u9j2vjwh8.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2489711), 899 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02489711/public/1_2atbl4w780be.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2373166), 895 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02373166/public/1_dBzp1D5.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1950235), 899 Governors Bay Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01950235/1_cZdHgU.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1933501), 899 Governors Bay Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01933501/1_nuSjpO.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8429140) at [907 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/907-governors-bay-road), 17 Jun 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8325779) at [907 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/907-governors-bay-road), 28 May 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5474918) at [909 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/909-governors-bay-road), 28 Nov 2024
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5258663) at [911 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/911-governors-bay-road), 13 Oct 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4249875) at [911 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/911-governors-bay-road), 7 Feb 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3679981) at [905 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/905-governors-bay-road), 9 Sept 2023
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2502786) at [892 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/892-governors-bay-road), 26 Jul 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2489711) at [899 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/899-governors-bay-road), 19 Jul 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2373166) at [895 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/895-governors-bay-road), 23 May 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1950235) at [899 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/899-governors-bay-road), 18 Nov 2021
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1933501) at [899 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/899-governors-bay-road), 11 Nov 2021
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/734773) at [899 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/899-governors-bay-road), 18 Jun 2019

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Governors Bay Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Governors Bay Road?**

12 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (5), trees & parks (4), water & drains (2).

**When was Governors Bay Road first reported on?**

2019, the record covers 12 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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