# Messines, a memorial of Christchurch A memorial on the city’s public ground, standing in Sumner. Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) From the air, an aerial view of Messines: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-messines (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so. - [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420) - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/288), 1 The Spur - [Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/229) ## The ground under it - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Sumner, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal](https://www.chch.live/zones), OC - [The rockfall survey counts 10 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 2 came down · 6 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 December 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 540 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.566833&lon=172.757675&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), the regional park it’s inside - [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), regional park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · ~150 m - [Somme](https://www.chch.live/memorial/somme), monument · under 150 m - [Bapaume](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bapaume), monument · under 150 m - [Armentieres](https://www.chch.live/memorial/armentieres), monument · under 150 m - [Palestine](https://www.chch.live/memorial/palestine), monument · under 150 m ## The reports nearby 793 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083524), [16 Esplanade, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/16-esplanade) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082027), [25 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/25-esplanade) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9064422), [27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9052785), [27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9045877), [27 Esplanade, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9005435), [20 Marriner St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/20-marriner-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8991279), [1/24 Marriner Street, Sumner Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/1-24-marriner-street) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8984609), Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8965594), 25–27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8961454), [23 Nayland Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/23-nayland-street) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8882580), [4 Nayland Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/4-nayland-street) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8856515), Marriner St near Wakefield Ave, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Messines?** A memorial in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner). **Where does Messines stand?** In Sumner, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps 3 places within 300m of it. **Is the pin on the map exact?** It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record. --- The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). Maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record. The page: https://www.chch.live/memorial/messines Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery