Diamond Harbour, New Zealand
 Diamond Harbour, Christchurch
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Diamond Harbour is a small settlement on Banks Peninsula, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is on the peninsula's northern coast, on the southern shores of Lyttelton Harbour, and is administratively part of the city of Christchurch.
The name is applied not only to Diamond Harbour proper but to the nearby settlements of Church Bay, Charteris Bay, and Purau. In the 2006 census, this area had a population of slightly under 1,400.
A ferry connects Diamond Harbour to Lyttelton, on the harbour's northern shore.[1] In combination with buses from Lyttelton to Christchurch, this allows residents of Diamond Harbour to commute to the city.
Until 2012 Godley House, built in 1880 by Harvey Hawkins on land purchased from Mark Stoddart, the early settler supposed to have named the bay, was still standing.[2] However, it was critically damaged in the 2011 earthquake and has since been demolished.
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