Housesat, pre quake, in Govs and my first view in the morning was the Jetty. Loved being able to run down there before & after work.

I'm not confident on water but I always felt safe on this jetty

Rachel C

Have fond memories of the jetty.

We lived in a lovely old cottage called 'Roseneath'. Which looked straight down the harbour. Spent many hours fishing off the jetty.

Raymond W

Lived in the council house for a while. Loved walking out on the Jetty each day but remember my little Keeshond dog used to tiptoe out as it could see the water between the cracks in the planks. beautiful spot.

Stu C

I worked at the children's home for a wee while and at night would walk to the end of the jetty and just sit to unwind.

Marie G

Parents had a holiday home in front of the school. Many great memories there.

Kay S

I now live in Australia, but have had a wine on that jetty one evening with a amazing girlfriend. Wish you all the best. Too special to lose

Sue G

We used to net fish for flounder there as teenagers.

Cheffy P

My father learnt to sail from that jetty in the 1930s.

Pam S

Amazing jetty. One of the few that I could comfortably walk and face my fear of walking over water. Didn't get to the end but further than I ever had. The view that wraps you is so serene and whispers stories of times before.

Deborah K

I grew up in Governors Bay. My brother and I used to row our rowboat from Sandy Bay to the jetty.

Wendy C

Autumn is absolutely stunning from the jetty.

Tehuingamamaeroa J

Used to holiday there a few times. Remember having a surf ski and helping Lionel Jeffcoate who had a boatbuilding business by the jetty, removing many basking sharks (rig) from the shallows. He dealt to them, we loaded them on the ski, I ferried them back to shore!

Neville B

We had a holiday house from 1953 in front of the school and then lived there permanently from 1972. We used to get boards and mud ski from the jetty to Sandy Bay. Then we had to stay muddy until the tide came in and we could wash it off. Lots of fond memories. My first husband and I also owned the governors Bay Store from 1980 for 3 years.

Marilyn M

Will be lovely to see it repaired and be of use to everyone again.

I lived at the hotel for a while just before the earthquakes and used to enjoy walking down an setting just watching what was happening in the harbour, etc.

Margaret E

Many a good weekend over there from Christchurch. Loved swimming out to the jetty back in the day 60s-70s.

Gary A

My wife and I went there on our very first date together. She passed away from breast cancer aged 39.

Ben M

Lionel Jefcoate was the boat builder over there he has now passed but his daughter Anne Eggleston could tell many stories. They lived there for a long time. He built approx 57 boats.

Kit B

We had a Bach at Maori Gardens.

At high tide we would take our boat around to the jetty and dad would wait with the boat while I ran up to the shop to get milk.

Nicki B

Would love to see this repaired so I can take my girls down it. So many memories of walking along this jetty as a kid. Keep up the good work 👍👍

Della B

I spent many of my younger years at Cholmondeley Children's Home in Governors Bay. I have very fond memories of the staff taking us down to the jetty in our PJs for nightwalks and stories. It was so much fun!

Juscinta H

Like Juscinta H, I too stayed at Cholmondeley Home a couple of times and a few of us keen kids would get up at 6am to jog down and out to the end of the jetty most mornings with Nurse Michelle. Good times 😎🤙🏼

Andru P

No memories myself but would love to see it fixed so my kids and I CAN make some memories ❤️ we love Governors Bay.

Tina W

I lived with my Grandmother Lizzie Dimes (nee Small) in Sandy Lane from 1953 to 1955 and attended Avonside Girls High, travelling on the bus every day. At weekends I would be in my kayak or sailing with Lionel Jefcoate, so the jetty was well used.

Sadly the bay has silted up a lot now. In Great Grandmas day, boats used to come from Lyttelton on day excursions.

I always visit the bay whenever I am in Christchurch. Last visit was for the Small reunion. I was sad to see the jetty still wrecked, so am delighted it will be restored.

Cushla W

Helped build a yacht there called Solveg and Lionel Jefcoate. Built it on the Jetty in a hut on it where he made beautiful wooden jewellery boxes. Boat now in Akaroa 👍

Gordon B

We used to pinch cake that had been delivered around the side of gov bay dairy & then race down to the jetty and sit on the inside of the little dinghy boats and eat it 😂 naughty kids 😡

Christine H

Loved this jetty growing up.. peaceful & beautiful 💗

Mary B

I have great memories of the Jetty, and also my mother and my auntie who lived with their father (Charles Hawkins) opposite Cholmondeley Children’s Centre.

My mother told me that when she was about 18, she and her sister had been at a New Year’s Eve party in the bay and felt like a swim.

They raced down the Jetty with some guys they met and jumped in the water, only to find the tide was out. They laughed about it for years.

Their father had a boat called “The Guffey" which they had moored near the jetty for a while. I remember she was tied up to the Jetty when my father painted her. The boat went up to the Sounds for a number of years and then my father brought her back to Governors Bay.

My father had the use of the boat shed that was below our place in front of the school. I loved that boat shed, but it was very tidal.

As kids, we all used to swim off the Jetty and also mud ski by hopping on boards and using our hands to pull ourselves along. Sometimes a board would break and we would always look out for it when we walked along the Jetty.

Funny, I was talking to Margaret Mahy before she died and I said I was surprised she never used the mud skiing in any of her books. She laughed and said she had never thought of it.

I guess we all scratched out names into the Jetty rails and my mum said she also had one somewhere on the Jetty.

I spent many hours using the Jetty and these days I just would love to just walk down it and remember those good times.

Kay Skerten