# 2 Bower Avenue, New Brighton 16 reports on record since November 2022 · 5 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-bower-avenue ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 4 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation) — 3 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 1 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 1 ## Reported here - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7335551) — 6 Dec 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6695831) — 4 Aug 2025 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5825343) — 6 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5821174) — 5 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5821120) — 5 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3589625) — 9 Aug 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3511667) — 15 Jul 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3282612) — 25 Apr 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3191974) — 24 Mar 2023 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3167632) — 16 Mar 2023 ## Photographed here (5 on record) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7335551) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07335551/public/1_y4kn01hsxdg.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6695831) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06695831/public/1_zikeznk5wmsn.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5825343) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05825343/public/1_yn2iyc0005r.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5821174) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05821174/public/1_p4894m8gzd8.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5821120) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05821120/public/1_3bpf6xmbz4hz.jpg [More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton) ## Also reported on Bower Avenue - [6 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/6-bower-avenue) — 7 reports - [204 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/204-bower-avenue) — 7 reports - [112 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/112-bower-avenue) — 7 reports - [154 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/154-bower-avenue) — 6 reports - [10 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10-bower-avenue) — 6 reports - [67A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/67a-bower-avenue) — 5 reports - [55 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/55-bower-avenue) — 5 reports - [59 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/59-bower-avenue) — 4 reports - [Bower Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/bower-avenue) ## On the doorstep - [Bower Fish Supply](https://www.chch.live/business/bower-fish-supply-new-brighton) — 66 m away · Fast food - [Fast Camel Souvlaki Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/fast-camel-souvlaki-takeaway-new-brighton) — 68 m away · Fast food - [The Bower](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bower-new-brighton) — 75 m away · Bars & pubs - [Urban Corner Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/urban-corner-cafe-new-brighton) — 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](https://www.chch.live/buses/80) - Bower Ave near New Brighton Rd — 86 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51043-cockayne-reserve) — 90 m away · 1899 - [Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51036-cockayne-reserve) — 129 m away · 1899 *The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## 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 crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=bower-avenue&suburb=new-brighton) ## 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 →](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal) — the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). ## The green nearby - [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve) — 21 m to the edge · Regional · 6 ha - [Bower Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1549-bower-park) — 109 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground — 9 pieces - [Hulverstone Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1694-hulverstone-reserve) — 191 m to the edge - [Jack Hinton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1740-jack-hinton-reserve) — 353 m to the edge - [Ripene Ma](https://www.chch.live/park/925-ripene-ma) — 402 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-166-new-brighton) — 11 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-167-new-brighton) — 44 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-165-bexley) — 111 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-158-new-brighton) — 147 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood) — 181 m to the line · walk · bike *Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 2 Bower Avenue?** 16 council reports on record since November 2022 — most often graffiti (4), dumped rubbish (4), overgrown vegetation (3). **Which suburb is 2 Bower Avenue in?** New Brighton, Christchurch — on [Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/bower-avenue). **What stood at 2 Bower Avenue before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.503812530738685&lon=172.70958048421926) **What is the nearest park to 2 Bower Avenue?** [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve) — 21 m to its edge, 6 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=new-brighton&address=2-bower-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=bower-avenue