# te-onepoto-taylors-mistake, Christchurch

174 council reports since January 2021, the 97th busiest suburb in the city. 106 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylors_Mistake), a tertiary source

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 78 people and 30 occupied private households, grouped from 2 SA1 areas in Port Hills. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 12% (9 people)
- 65 and over: about 12% (9 people)
- Born overseas: about 23% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (106 on record)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9018869)
- [229 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/report/8967307)
- [35 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake 8081](https://www.chch.live/report/8864180)
- [28 Taylors Mistake Bay, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/report/8733144)
- [69 Taylors Mistake Bay, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/report/8733105)
- [40 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/report/8336697)

[106 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)

## The record on te-onepoto-taylors-mistake
- te-onepoto-taylors-mistake enters the written record in 9 October 1852, [“Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 October 1852)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521009.2.23.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- The first report here: graffiti, 12 January 2021, at 223 Taylors Mistake Road.
- Its busiest day was 11 June 2023, 13 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/street/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/taylors-mistake-road), reported on 83 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (608 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in te-onepoto-taylors-mistake took **6 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 5 months or longer.
35 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 11 June 2023.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Lately
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9018869), 2 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Mattress dragged up from the sea - safety concern for swimmers.”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8967307), 22 Sept 2026 · 229 Taylors Mistake Road, “maybe already dealt with, as i took this pic Sunday but no service at Taylor's so didn't send to now! i think the…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8864180), 4 Sept 2026 · 35 Taylors Mistake Road, “Trees trimmed and rubbish left on dunes”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733144), 12 Aug 2026 · 28 Taylors Mistake Bay, “on gate near start of Godley Head walkway”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8733105), 12 Aug 2026 · 69 Taylors Mistake Bay, “on sign at Taylor's mistake near bridge by carpark”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8336697), 31 May 2026 · 40 Drop, “Informal track from public toilets to start of godley head track - wire from old fence low on the ground. I tripped…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8167895), 29 Apr 2026 · 47 Drop, “the pathway at start if Godley heads walk is overgrown and walkers trample the grassed area. The top heavy cabbage…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7785890), 22 Feb 2026 · 31 Taylors Mistake Road, “Water leak as per photo outside of batch 32 behind conference bush”
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7784380), 22 Feb 2026 · 47 Drop, “water fountain leak. has been leaking for at least 3 weeks.”
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7626408), 27 Jan 2026 · 30 Drop, “Tripping hazard on popular public walking track.”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7528837), 12 Jan 2026 · 223 Taylors Mistake Road, “Dead sheep behind the sewage pump building in Taylors Mistake car park. Been there two days. Very strong smell.”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7527507), 11 Jan 2026 · 63 Drop, “A third night of young males with alcohol accessing the baches scheduled for demo. The security fencing needs to be…”

## Reports per year
- 2021, 14
- 2022, 32
- 2023, 50
- 2024, 48
- 2025, 16

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 54
- Trees & parks, 48
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 21
- Rubbish & dumping, 20
- Roads & footpaths, 14
- Everything else, 12
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 3
- Vehicles & parking, 2

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 44
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 13
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 11
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 11
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8
- Facility - General Request, 8
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 7
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 7

## On the heritage register (18)
- [48 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/535), 48 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [51 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/536), 51 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [52 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/537), 52 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [53 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/538), 55 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [58 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/539), 58 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [60 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/540), 60 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [69 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/541), 69 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [70 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/542), 70 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Godley Head](https://www.chch.live/place/485)
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 1](https://www.chch.live/place/487), 68 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 10](https://www.chch.live/place/496), 30 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 11](https://www.chch.live/place/497), 28 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 2](https://www.chch.live/place/488), 59 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 3](https://www.chch.live/place/489), 57 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 4](https://www.chch.live/place/490), 56 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 5](https://www.chch.live/place/491), 49 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 6](https://www.chch.live/place/492), 46 Taylors Mistake Bay
- [Taylors Mistake Bach 7](https://www.chch.live/place/493), 33 Taylors Mistake Bay

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/street/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/taylors-mistake-road), reported on 83 separate days
- [Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/street/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/taylors-mistake-bay), reported on 37 separate days
- [Drop](https://www.chch.live/street/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/drop), reported on 19 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (1)
- [Taylors Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1553-taylors-mistake-beach), Regional · 9 ha · playground, 7 pieces

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The line the Crown drew
The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 8.9% of this outline inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **44%** of this outline, about 8 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **10%** of this outline, rockfall management area 2, cliff collapse management area 2, rockfall management area 1. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **46%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **86%** of this outline, about 15 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **74%** of this outline, about 13 hectares across **4** scheduled areas, **33%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **97%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **3** classified reaches, the plan calling **Mcclurg Watercourse** and **Taylors Mistake Road Drain**
           by name, **6%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **36** numbered bach settlements sit inside. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **44** photographs on this ground, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **3** inscribed plaques, [Taylors Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311064-taylors-mistake-beach), [Godley Beach Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311063-godley-beach-park) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **12** drawn instruments, 12 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
The files record **1** parcel of made or characterised ground inside this outline. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
The rockfall survey mapped **4** rocks inside this outline across 4 survey pins, **3** came down. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
The council’s structure register stands **16** assets on this ground, 9 bridges, 7 sets of steps, sited at Taylors Mistake Beach, Whitewash Reserve. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The register counts **36** living trees inside this outline, mostly Pohutukawa, Kaikomako, Tarata / Lemonwood. The file remembers **1** tree felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **38%** of this outline under **Open Space Coastal**, **24%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Hills 24%, Open Space Natural 17%, 89% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **32** places by name in this suburb, **34 Taylors Mistake Bay**, **48 Taylors Mistake Bay**, **51 Taylors Mistake Bay** among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 3 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.6 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (2)
- [Taylor's Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/taylors-mistake-beach), beach
- [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), headland

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 October 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521009.2.23.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Otago Daily Times, 10 April 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18710410.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Colonist, 24 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18760224.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 11 November 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18761111.2.49), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 19 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18780119.2.10.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18780608.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAPHIC. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 28 October 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18791028.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [INTERPROVINCIAL. (Timaru Herald, 12 November 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18841112.2.6.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAPHIC. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 22 January 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18850122.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1885-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record (2 injury crashes)

2 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Taylors Mistake Road at Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=taylors-mistake-rd&suburb=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), 1 injury crash.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (10 recorded victimisations)

10 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 32 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (1 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), 1

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough)
- [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner)
- [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/richmond-hill)
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) te-onepoto-taylors-mistake with [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=scarborough&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) · [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=sumner&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) · [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond-hill&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) · [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=clifton&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) · [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=redcliffs&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is te-onepoto-taylors-mistake?**

Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula. The public record holds 174 council reports for it, the first filed in January 2021.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for te-onepoto-taylors-mistake?**

About 78 people and 30 occupied private households (wider SA2 stand-in): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in te-onepoto-taylors-mistake?**

174 reports on record, most often water & drains (54), trees & parks (48), graffiti & vandalism (21). 18 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has te-onepoto-taylors-mistake had?**

2 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)

**What stood in te-onepoto-taylors-mistake before?**

The heritage register holds 18 places here, [48 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/535), [51 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/536) among them. The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22te-onepoto-taylors-mistake%22)

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake