Editing Banks Peninsula (section)

=== Tumbledown Bay/Te Kāio  ===
Tumbledown Bay is considered one of the best beaches near Christchurch. Most people are put off by the drive to get there, hence it is usually very quiet.<ref name=":0" /> Tumbledown bay has supported a large Māori population in pre-European times. Numerous archaeological digs have uncovered artefacts including tool fragments, fish hooks, oven stones and seal, [[Kurī]] (dog), tuatara, penguin, kiwi, kererū and moa remains in the middens.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Ogilvie|first=Gordon|title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills|publisher=Canterbury University Press|year=2017|location=New Zealand|pages=284}}</ref>

Tumbledown bay, was named as a result of the actions of Billy Simpson, who working on sailing boats in the area as early as 1836. He was instructed to collect a case of alcohol from a local whaling station. On his return, he sat down in the bay and had a drink or two. On getting up he succeeded in allowing all the bottles to tumble down the hillside and break hence the naming.<ref name=":3" /> The earliest reference to the name of Tumbledown bay occurred in 1842.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anderssen|first=Johannes|title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula|year=1927|location=Christchurch, New Zealand|pages=222}}</ref>

There are two small islets at the entrance of the bay named Jachin and Boaz (after the pillars to the [[Solomon's Temple|Temple of Solomon]]). These were thought to have been named by Bishop George Selwyn.<ref name=":3" />

In 1911, the ''Bell Flower'' (a 98 ton schooner) was wrecked on the cliffs next to Tumbledown Bay.<ref name=":3" />[[File:Tumbledown bay 27.jpg|thumb|Tumbledown Bay]]