# Marine Drive, Governors Bay, Christchurch 2 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2025, the latest 2026. 2 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/marine-drive ## From the air, then - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6534&lon=172.7036&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 - [469 Marine Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/469-marine-drive), 1 report - [427 Marine Drive](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/427-marine-drive), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 1 report - Trees & parks, 1 report ## Year by year - 2025, 1 report _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 (9 on the shelf; the 6 earliest listed).* - [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010102.2.202.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Jan 1901 - [Reflections on the foreshore at Sumner, a seaside and residential suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury's capital city, South Island](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/265033), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 28 May 1930 - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 04 December 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301204.2.28), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Dec 1930 - [THOUSANDS PLANTED (Evening Post, 05 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360805.2.120.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Aug 1936 - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 16 April 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370416.2.49), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Apr 1937 - [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 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Marine Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 March 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770331.2.11.2), Star · 1877-03-31T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 24 June 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19040624.2.10), Poverty Bay Herald · 1904-06-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 11 February 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19080211.2.5.1), Evening Post · 1908-02-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Northern Advocate, 04 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120104.2.25.5), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-04T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 05 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120105.2.28.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Northern Advocate, 06 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120106.2.37.3), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 09 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120109.2.24.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 10 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120110.2.30.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 11 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120111.2.28.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Northern Advocate, 12 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120112.2.30.3), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Northern Advocate, 16 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120116.2.40.5), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 19 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120119.2.31.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 20 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120120.2.41.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 22 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120122.2.28.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 23 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120123.2.33.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-23T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 24 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120124.2.30.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 25 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120125.2.33.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-25T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 26 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120126.2.31.4), Northern Advocate · 1912-01-26T00:00:00.000Z - [PRINCESS JULIANA (Evening Post, 06 November 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431106.2.76), Evening Post · 1943-11-06T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8953381), 427 Marine Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08953381/public/1_e13n567rjs64.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7258173), 469 Marine Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07258173/public/1_x7k8ld8t1ei8.jpg [More photographs on the Governors Bay wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=governors-bay) ## Latest on record - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8953381) at [427 Marine Dr](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/427-marine-drive), 20 Sept 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7258173) at [469 Marine Dr](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/469-marine-drive), 23 Nov 2025 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Marine Drive?** In [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Marine Drive?** 2 reports at 2 addresses, most often water & drains (1), trees & parks (1). **When was Marine Drive first reported on?** 2025, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=governors-bay&street=marine-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Governors%20Bay&street=marine-drive