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The Rock Cafe

Checked 13 Oct 2026

The Rock Cafe is a café in Sumner, Christchurch.

Sumner

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Nearest bus stop
126 m
Cafés in the suburb
10

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 126 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Wakefield Ave 156 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Main Rd 202 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway Passes the door · 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 cafés

All 10 cafés 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
KindCafésOpenStreetMap
NZBN9429041888834, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameKIWI KONES LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since20 Aug 2015NZBN register
IndustryIce cream retailingNZBN register

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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
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneResidential Medium DensityDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

1,120 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 858 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,120 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
Trees - General 23 Nayland Street, Sumner · 22 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is The Rock Cafe?

A café in Sumner, Christchurch.

Where is The Rock Cafe?

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

Is The Rock Cafe still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other cafés are near The Rock Cafe?

Joe's Garage (92 m), Bonobo Café (141 m), Underground Coffee Company (144 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Rock Cafe?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Social (2 m); the Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk bus stop is 126 m away: route 3; a shared path on the Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway route passes the door; nearest park: Cave Rock Reserve (101 m).

What stood where The Rock Cafe 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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