# Summit Road, Governors Bay, Christchurch

50 reports at 14 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 45 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6348&lon=172.635&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6348&lon=172.635&decade=1975_1979), 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
- [2129–2157 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 10 reports
- [1951 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1951-summit-road), 8 reports
- [1809 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1809-summit-road), 7 reports
- [701 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/701-summit-road), 4 reports
- [2069 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2069-summit-road), 4 reports
- [2020 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2020-summit-road), 4 reports
- [2026–2028 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2026%E2%80%932028-summit-road), 3 reports
- [2089–2121 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2089%E2%80%932121-summit-road), 2 reports
- [2057 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2057-summit-road), 2 reports
- [1813–1843 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1813%E2%80%931843-summit-road), 2 reports
- [512 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/512-summit-road), 1 report
- [2016 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2016-summit-road), 1 report
- [1957–1987 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1957%E2%80%931987-summit-road), 1 report
- [1700 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1700-summit-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 16 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 14 reports
- Trees & parks, 6 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 3 reports
- Water & drains, 2 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 7 reports
- 2025, 17 reports

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

## On the register
- [Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/459), 1700 Summit Road
- [Sign of the Kiwi and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/61), 1700 Summit Road

On foot: [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill) walks this street.

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (138 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18790121.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Jan 1879
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800921.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Sept 1880
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 October 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18811004.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Oct 1881
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 November 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18811115.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Nov 1881
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18821227.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Dec 1882
- [Peninsula News. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830206.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Feb 1883
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830313.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Mar 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830403.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830406.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830410.2.13.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830413.2.15.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Apr 1883
- [Original Correspondence (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 September 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830904.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Sept 1883

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Summit Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550516.2.13), Lyttelton Times · 1855-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE BRIDLE PATH & THE ADJOINING HILLS. (Lyttelton Times, 31 December 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561231.2.11), Lyttelton Times · 1856-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL EXTENSION BILL, 1865. (Timaru Herald, 05 January 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18660105.2.20), Timaru Herald · 1866-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18840314.2.10), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1884-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [CASHMERE HILLS RECREATION RESERVE. (Star, 25 June 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850625.2.27), Star · 1885-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [ORDINARY MEETING. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 April 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18860428.2.6), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1886-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Ordinary Meeting. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 November 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18901128.2.13), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1890-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 March 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18910303.2.9), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1891-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 July 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18910721.2.19.1), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1891-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Ordinary Meeting. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 November 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18911127.2.13.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1891-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 November 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18921111.2.18.1), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1892-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 22 November 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18921122.2.12.1), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1892-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [A PRESERVE FOR NATIVE BIRDS. (Star, 04 June 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000604.2.69), Star · 1900-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 May 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19130513.2.5), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1913-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [GREAT GRASS FIRES (Evening Post, 09 January 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350109.2.13), Evening Post · 1935-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885730), 2026–2028 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08885730/public/1_xkx0latzp3cn.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885724), 2129–2157 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08885724/public/1_snxim3kjzwd.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885721), 2129–2157 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08885721/public/1_2jgtwwpayw9n.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8798092), 2057 Summit Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08798092/public/1_h2v8zmhshmvf.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8589100), 2129–2157 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08589100/public/1_804y9iqd4jbo.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8556642), 2129–2157 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08556642/public/1_i59yrlzykpcq.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8415483), 1951 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08415483/public/1_rnw5n1vthqpj.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8341353), 2069 Summit Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08341353/public/1_se6oxjy56sam.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8341348), 2069 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08341348/public/1_iqp7qksmugh.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8189451), 2129–2157 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08189451/public/1_cs1nc9bzby9u.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7955991), 1809 Summit Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07955991/public/1_euck7aqffyqn.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7820989), 1951 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07820989/public/1_cpyvuhnf3tgr.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885730) at [2026–2028 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2026%E2%80%932028-summit-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885724) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8885721) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8798092) at [2057 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2057-summit-road), 24 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8589100) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 17 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8556642) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 11 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8556593) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 11 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8415483) at [1951 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1951-summit-road), 15 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8341353) at [2069 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2069-summit-road), 1 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8341348) at [2069 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2069-summit-road), 1 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8189451) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 3 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8143290) at [2129–2157 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/2129%E2%80%932157-summit-road), 24 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7955991) at [1809 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1809-summit-road), 23 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7820989) at [1951 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1951-summit-road), 28 Feb 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7778911) at [1951 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1951-summit-road), 21 Feb 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 41 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 16 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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=summit-road&suburb=governors-bay)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Summit Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Summit Road?**

50 reports at 14 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (16), roads & footpaths (14), trees & parks (6).

**When was Summit Road first reported on?**

2017, the record covers 45 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Summit 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.

**What heritage places are on Summit Road?**

[Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/459), [Sign of the Kiwi and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/61).

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