Governors Bay

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Governors Bay
View of Governors Bay from the Port Hills
View of Governors Bay from the Port Hills
Governors Bay is located in New Zealand
Governors Bay
Governors Bay
Location in New Zealand
Coordinates: 43°37′29″S 172°38′54″E / 43.62472°S 172.64833°E / -43.62472; 172.64833Coordinates: 43°37′29″S 172°38′54″E / 43.62472°S 172.64833°E / -43.62472; 172.64833
Country New Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)

Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Geography[]

The settlement of Governors Bay is located on Banks Peninsula near the head of Lyttelton Harbour.[1] It is connected via Governors Bay Road to Lyttelton,[2] via Dyers Pass Road over the Port Hills to the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere, and via Main Road to the south side of the harbour basin and Banks Peninsula.

Amenities[]

Governors Bay School in Jetty Road caters for students from year 0 to year 8.[3] From year 9 onwards, students attend one of the high schools in Christchurch.[4] Cholmondeley Children's Centre in Cholmondeley Lane is a children's home providing short-term or emergency residential care for children, usually between the ages of 3–12 years, and support for their families.[5] Ōtoromiro Hotel (previously known as Governors Bay Hotel),[6][7] founded in 1870, is one of the oldest hotels in continuous operation in New Zealand. It remained open after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.[8]

Heritage buildings[]

The Ohinetahi historic homestead, in Ohinetahi, is a Category I heritage building,[9][10] and the associated formal garden is considered to be one of New Zealand's finest.[11] A partnership of three purchased the property in 1977 [12] and one of them, prominent Christchurch architect Sir Miles Warren, has lived in the property since soon afterwards. Damage from the September 2010 quake forced changes to lighten the upper story of the building.[12] Sir Miles gifted the property "to the nation" in early 2013.[12]

St Cuthbert's Church in Governors Bay Road, built in 1860, is also a Category I building.[13] It was extensively damaged in the September 2010 quake.[14] The local community worked with the Church Property Trust to repair and restore the church and it was reopened in 2017.[15] The church grounds contain the grave of Mary Elizabeth Small whose story is told in the children’s novel The Runaway Settlers.[16][17]

The original 1868 Governors Bay School and the associated school house are both Category II heritage structures, significant because there are very few remaining school buildings from provincial government times. The school is located on land donated by Thomas Potts.[18][19]

Notable residents[]

Photos from Governors Bay
  • a jetty

    Governors Bay Jetty in 2015

  • view of a historic building

    Ohinetahi Homestead in 2005

  • an image of St Cuthbert's church, with gravestones in the foreground

    St Cuthbert's church in 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "Welcome to Governors Bay". Governors Bay Community Association. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ Robertson, Jane (2016). Head of the Harbour: A History of Governors Bay. Google Books: publisher unknown. ISBN 9780473366711. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Governors Bay School". Governors Bay School. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Schools". Governors Bay Community Association. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  5. ^ Pollock, Kerryn (6 July 2011). "Children's homes and fostering – Residential homes for children, early 2000s". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Canterbury pub cans colonial name for area's original te reo Māori name". Stuff. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Ōtoromiro Hotel – HISTORY". sites.google.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Home". www.governorsbayhotel.co.nz/. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Ohinetahi". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  10. ^ Wilson, John (2 March 2009). "Canterbury places – Lyttelton Harbour". teara.govt.nz. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  11. ^ Mackay, Janetta (25 February 2009). "Christchurch: Take a blooming lovely tour". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Sir Miles Warren's Ohinetahi", Rosa sheils, February 2013, The Press
  13. ^ "St Cuthbert's Church". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  14. ^ "St Cuthbert's" Archived 24 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund
  15. ^ "St Cuthbert's Church, Governors Bay – Anglican Life". anglicanlife.org.nz. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  16. ^ Locke, Elsie (2009). The runaway settlers. Auckland [N.Z.]: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-86950-769-5. OCLC 286929627.
  17. ^ "Governors Bay Heritage walk" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Governors Bay School". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Governors Bay School House". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  20. ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (29 November 2016). "Health and beauty writer Leslie Kenton dies". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  21. ^ The time of the child : a sequence of poems. WorldCat. Dublin, OH: OCLC. OCLC 42004954.
  22. ^ Hebley, Diane (1998). "Locke, Elsie". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558348-9. OCLC 803233825. Retrieved 9 August 2012. Also available to subscribers at Oxford Reference Online.

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