Teddington is a very small community on Banks Peninsula at the head of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō.

It dates back to the early settlers of Christchurch[3] but is now reduced to a pub and a restored working blacksmith's forge.

The tsunami was funnelled up Lyttelton Harbour and flooded low-lying farmland and the Wheatsheaf Tavern in Teddington.

[5] A similar event occurred in 2010 following an earthquake in Chile with three waves that were greater than two metres high inundating the head of the harbour around Teddington.

[7] The Teddington statistical area, which extends from Governors Bay almost to Purau[8] and includes Ōtamahua / Quail Island, covers 47.42 km2 (18.31 sq mi).