# Rapanui Bush

Regional · 2 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1163-rapanui-bush

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.59406713722282&lon=172.74627674868194)

## More green in Sumner
- [Scarborough Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1624-scarborough-hill-reserve), Regional · 217 ha
- [Sumnervale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1105-sumnervale-reserve), 9 ha
- [St Leonards Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1618-st-leonards-park), Sports ground · 2 ha
- [Wakefield Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1022-wakefield-reserve-no-2), 1 ha
- [Jollies Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1368-jollies-bush), Regional · 1 ha
- [Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), Botanic
- [Cave Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1443-cave-rock-reserve), Regional
- [Sumner Croquet Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1189-sumner-croquet-reserve)

## 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.
- [Rapanui Bush plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/86092-rapanui-bush), Rapanui Bush · 1998

## The reports on this ground
10 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5629777), [200 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/200-evans-pass-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4939016), Rapanui Bush 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4930252), [200 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/200-evans-pass-road)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2603225), Papanui & Captain Thomas Track Trail Head 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2371227), Papanui & Captain Thomas Track Trail Head 191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1931141), 191, Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Canterbury, 8081, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1788948), 191, Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Canterbury, 8081, New Zealand
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1329560), [191 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/191-evans-pass-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/940164), Sumner, 8081, Canterbury
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/885974), [160 Evans Pass Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/160-evans-pass-road)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59406713722282&lon=172.74627674868194

## 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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1163 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026