Governors Bay, Christchurch
Bs home is in Governors Bay on Banks Peninsula backed by hills at the head of the natural harbour of Lyttelton, a 20 minute drive from Christchurch.

Banks Peninsula & The Seven Sisters
Banks Peninsula (Horomaka in Maori) encompasses two large extinct volcanoes, creating the two natural harbours of Lyttelton and Akaroa, with countless smaller bays and coves. The Bay Area is steeped in the history of the ancient Waitaha and Maori peoples...

The Lyttelton Harbour is an extinct volcanic basin. The seven peaks of the crater rim are known as the ‘Seven Sisters’. Their feminine faces and features can easily be recognised in the hills and they are very significant to the Maori. At Matariki*, the Maori New Year, the Seven Sisters peaks come into perfect alignment with the Pleiades star system (also known as ' the celestial seven sisters'). The sisters, representing the Feminine principle are aligned with the pyramid-shaped sacred mountain ‘Tamatea’ at Rapaki, representing the Masculine Principle.

*Matariki is the Maori name for the Pleiades and the Maori New Year around the 21 June. The word itself carries two meanings: Mata – Riki: ‘tiny eyes’ and Mata – Ariki: ‘eyes of God’.