# Governors Bay Road, Lyttelton, Christchurch

15 reports at 8 addresses, the first in 2023, the latest 2026. 15 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6083&lon=172.6761&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6083&lon=172.6761&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
- [236 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 5 reports
- [105 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/105-governors-bay-road), 3 reports
- [619–743 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/619%E2%80%93743-governors-bay-road), 2 reports
- [618–742 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/618%E2%80%93742-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [306–536 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/306%E2%80%93536-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [237 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/237-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [220A Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/220a-governors-bay-road), 1 report
- [210 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/210-governors-bay-road), 1 report

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

## Year by year
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 5 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
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), Lyttelton Times · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1855-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550404.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1855-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [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 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.4), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.3), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.2), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600609.2.20.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620326.2.20.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8992370), 236 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08992370/public/1_6f8rbfq0bafo.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8366728), 237 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08366728/public/1_sfsglzvltgt.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7721226), 236 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07721226/public/1_sfiius3t3tra.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7618215), 236 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07618215/public/1_c9xo4sotcph.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7611247), 618–742 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07611247/public/1_4to2wvyf0mb.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7181363), 619–743 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07181363/public/1_gfmxq3xebnmd.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7079863), 236 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07079863/public/1_5wxxletqqi6c.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7026245), 619–743 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07026245/public/1_z7wt68y48fi.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6879278), 210 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06879278/public/1_vg0dnka0jboq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6792865), 236 Governors Bay Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06792865/public/1_dnhjcw7f9yht.jpg
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5067598), 220A Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05067598/public/1_o409db3je9i9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4117389), 105 Governors Bay Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04117389/public/1_kcuigu3ywnd.jpg

[More photographs on the Lyttelton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=lyttelton)

## Latest on record
- [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8992370) at [236 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 28 Sept 2026
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8814359) at [306–536 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/306%E2%80%93536-governors-bay-road), 27 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8366728) at [237 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/237-governors-bay-road), 5 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7721226) at [236 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 11 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7618215) at [236 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 26 Jan 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7611247) at [618–742 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/618%E2%80%93742-governors-bay-road), 24 Jan 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7181363) at [619–743 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/619%E2%80%93743-governors-bay-road), 10 Nov 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7079863) at [236 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 22 Oct 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7026245) at [619–743 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/619%E2%80%93743-governors-bay-road), 11 Oct 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6879278) at [210 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/210-governors-bay-road), 11 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6792865) at [236 Governors Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/236-governors-bay-road), 25 Aug 2025
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5067598) at [220A Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/220a-governors-bay-road), 29 Aug 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4117389) at [105 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/105-governors-bay-road), 9 Jan 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3501008) at [105 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/105-governors-bay-road), 12 Jul 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3492194) at [105 Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/105-governors-bay-road), 9 Jul 2023

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Governors Bay Road?**

In [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

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

15 reports at 8 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (5), water & drains (3), rubbish & dumping (2).

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

2023, the record covers 15 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Governors Bay Road?**

[Dyers Pass Road and Governors Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-governors-bay-road), 41 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=lyttelton&street=governors-bay-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Lyttelton&street=governors-bay-road