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The settlement of Governors Bay is located on Banks Peninsula near the head of Lyttelton Harbour. [3] [better source needed] It is connected via Governors Bay Road to Lyttelton, [4] 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.
State Highway 75 passes through the town. The Ōnawe Peninsula separates Duvauchelle bay from Barry's Bay. Duvauchelle is now part of Christchurch City Council jurisdiction since the city's amalgamation with Banks Peninsula District in 2006. From 1910 until 1989, Duvauchelle was the seat of the Akaroa County Council.
Before the 2023 census, the statistical area had a larger boundary, covering 4.06 km 2 (1.57 sq mi) [1] but not including Purau. Using that boundary, Diamond Harbour had a population of 1,497 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 192 people (14.7%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 288 people (23.8%) since the 2006 census .
State Highway 75 passes through the centre of the village, connecting Christchurch with Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula. The Tai Tapu Hotel was established in 1856 and is located 1 km north of the town centre on a scenic country road. It has a large outdoor dining area that looks over the Halswell River with views to the Tai Tapu Golf Course.
Purau is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers 0.21 km 2 (0.081 sq mi). [1] It had an estimated population of 70 as of June 2022 with a population density of 333 people per km 2.
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