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Cave Rock

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Cave Rock is an attraction in Sumner, Christchurch.

Sumner landmark entered on the heritage register as Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station — rated Highly Significant: read from the public record

Heritage-listed

Sits inside Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan · Has a Wikipedia entry

Sumner

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Nearest bus stop
224 m
Attractions in the suburb
3

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk 224 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Wakefield Ave 266 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Main Rd 271 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway 44 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Within a short walk

The nearest other attractions

All 3 attractions in Sumner → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sumner

Every kind of business in Sumner →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sumner (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindAttractionsOpenStreetMap
Te reo Māori nameTuaweraOpenStreetMap
NZBN9429030623361, NZ Limited Company, removedNZBN register
Registered nameCAVE ROCK HOLDINGS LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since21 June 2012NZBN register
IndustryJewellery retailing - except direct sellingNZBN register
EncyclopaediaCave Rock, Sumner, WikipediaWikidata

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The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
Heritage itemTuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting, highly significant in the District PlanDistrict Plan
Consent CRC220850Land Use Consent (s9), held by Christchurch City Council, to 31 Dec 2027, 4 m from the pinECan consents

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

653 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 494 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 653 reports on file
Hazard, vehicle 16 Esplanade, Sumner · 13 October 2026
Overgrown Vegetation 25 Esplanade · 13 October 2026
General Request 27 Esplanade · 10 October 2026
Pavement - Damaged Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner · 26 September 2026
Public Toilet 25–27 Esplanade · 22 September 2026
Park - General Request Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner · 31 August 2026
Park - General Request 25–27 Esplanade · 31 August 2026
Pavement - Damaged 25–27 Esplanade · 30 August 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Cave Rock?

An attraction in Sumner, Christchurch.

Where is Cave Rock?

Somewhere in Sumner, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Cave Rock still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other attractions are near Cave Rock?

Sumner Coronation Garden (378 m), Nimbus Paragliding Ltd (1.9 km), Roaming Guides (2.3 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Cave Rock?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Beach Bar (90 m); the Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk bus stop is 224 m away: route 3; a shared path on the Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway route passes within 44 m; nearest park: Cave Rock Reserve (31 m).

What stood where Cave Rock is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

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