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Rapanui Bush

Regional · 2 ha

From the air

aerial view of Rapanui Bush and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Sumner, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

More green in Sumner

What’s built on this ground

No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.

Also on the register: 2 seats (2 benches).

The register’s commission dates run 2002 to 2005.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The reports on this ground

10 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 10 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Dumped Rubbish, 200 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 2 January 2025
  • Fallen Tree, Rapanui Bush 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 29 July 2024
  • Dumped Rubbish, 200 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 26 July 2024
  • Graffiti, Papanui & Captain Thomas Track Trail Head 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 7 September 2022
  • Roading/Streets, Papanui & Captain Thomas Track Trail Head 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 22 May 2022
  • Parks, 191, Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Canterbury, 8081, New Zealand · 10 November 2021
  • Parks, 191, Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Canterbury, 8081, New Zealand · 11 September 2021
  • Graffiti, 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 2 December 2020
  • Parks, Sumner, 8081, Canterbury · 13 January 2020
  • Roading/Streets, 160 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 22 November 2019

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Rapanui Bush?

2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Rapanui Bush?

Its centre falls inside Sumner, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

What kind of place is Rapanui Bush?

Regional.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.