2 Bower Avenue, New Brighton
16 reports on record since November 2022 · 5 with photographs. The most-reported address on Bower Avenue. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 5 on record
Reported here
Overgrown Vegetation — Gorse along the verge
Litter — Carpark at the end of Bower Avenue. Potholes, weeds, rubbish, dumped tyre's. (we removed the tyre's and took to Bromley tip) General disrepa
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Graffiti somewhere else — Graffiti on pole
Graffiti somewhere else — Back of signage on new Brighton rd
- Dumped Rubbish —
- Dumped Rubbish —
- Graffiti —
- Graffiti —
- Overgrown Vegetation —
- Graffiti —
- Dumped Rubbish —
- General - Abandoned Trolley —
- Dumped Rubbish —
- Graffiti —
- Overgrown Vegetation —
Also reported on Bower Avenue
- 6 Bower Avenue — 7 reports
- 204 Bower Avenue — 7 reports
- 112 Bower Avenue — 7 reports
- 154 Bower Avenue — 6 reports
- 10 Bower Avenue — 6 reports
- 67A Bower Avenue — 5 reports
- 55 Bower Avenue — 5 reports
- 59 Bower Avenue — 4 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Bower Avenue in 36 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Cockayne Reserve — 21 m to the edge · Regional · 6 ha
- Bower Park — 109 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha
- Hulverstone Reserve — 191 m to the edge
- Jack Hinton Reserve — 353 m to the edge
- Ripene Ma — 402 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Bower Fish Supply — 66 m away · Fast food
- Fast Camel Souvlaki Takeaway — 68 m away · Fast food
- The Bower — 75 m away · Bars & pubs
- Urban Corner Cafe — 89 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- New Brighton Rd near Bower Ave — 78 m away · route 80
- Bower Ave near New Brighton Rd — 86 m away · route 80
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton — 11 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton — 44 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton — 111 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton — 147 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton — 181 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge — the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Cockayne Reserve plaque — 90 m away · 1899
- Cockayne Reserve plaque — 129 m away · 1899
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres — the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in New Brighton ran about $520 a week — $30 below the city median of $550 — the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Coastal ward — the Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
16 council reports on record since November 2022 — most often graffiti (4), dumped rubbish (4), overgrown vegetation (3).
New Brighton, Christchurch — on Bower Avenue.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — the record around this ground →
Cockayne Reserve — 21 m to its edge, 6 ha.




