Sumner Road

103 reports at 40 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 85 separate days somebody filed something about it.

103 reports 40 addresses85 days reported on4 on the register from the air, then 737 documents carry the name 1 businessesthe 823rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Sumner Road, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Lyttelton.

From the air, then

Sumner Road from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Sumner Road from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

6 Sumner Road, 10 reports
4 Sumner Road, 9 reports
61 Sumner Road, 8 reports
59 Sumner Road, 7 reports
1 Sumner Road, 7 reports
2 Sumner Road, 6 reports
29 Sumner Road, 4 reports
10 Sumner Road, 4 reports
83–171 Sumner Road, 3 reports
31 Sumner Road, 3 reports
24 Sumner Road, 3 reports
201 Sumner Road, 3 reports
18 Sumner Road, 3 reports
121 Sumner Road, 3 reports
57-61 Sumner Road, 2 reports
5 Sumner Road, 2 reports
47 Sumner Road, 2 reports
16 Sumner Road, 2 reports
97 Sumner Road, 1 report
9 Sumner Road, 1 report
8 Sumner Road, 1 report
79–81 Sumner Road, 1 report
7-11 Sumner Road, 1 report
69–75 Sumner Road, 1 report
57 Sumner Road, 1 report
55 Sumner Road, 1 report
54 Sumner Road, 1 report
51 Sumner Road, 1 report
47–61 Sumner Road, 1 report
45 Sumner Road, 1 report
43 Sumner Road, 1 report
37 Sumner Road, 1 report
31-49 Sumner Road, 1 report
27 Sumner Road, 1 report
22 Sumner Road, 1 report
20 Sumner Road, 1 report
173 Sumner Road, 1 report
169-173 Sumner Road, 1 report
15 Sumner Road, 1 report
14 Sumner Road, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 40 reports
Roads & footpaths, 27 reports
Trees & parks, 13 reports
Water & drains, 11 reports
Everything else, 6 reports
Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports

Year by year

2017, 2 reports
2018, 5 reports
2019, 4 reports
2020, 2 reports
2021, 6 reports
2022, 19 reports
2023, 11 reports
2024, 20 reports
2025, 15 reports

On the register

Dwelling and Setting, 27 Sumner Road
Dwelling and Setting, 31 Sumner Road
Dwelling and Setting, 29 Sumner Road
Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting, 5 Sumner Road

On foot, The port’s own town walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 737 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 May 1851) · Papers Past, 24 May 1851
…ortions on the lincoln and ellesmere road near riccarton bush and on the christchurch and sumner roads apply to mr hahman christchurch notice mi-ie whale-boat advertised in this paper on april 26 may…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 30 August 1851) · Papers Past, 30 Aug 1851
…contract rphat house now known as the heathcote ferry store situate on the heathcote and sumner road for particulars apply to p campbell canterbury exchange lyttelton august 21 land for sale christch…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 06 December 1851) · Papers Past, 6 Dec 1851
…ith out-buildings pleasantly situated about one mile from lyttelton near the beach on the sumner road immediate possession may be had apply to mr richard yvormald solicitor london street london lyttel…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 January 1852) · Papers Past, 17 Jan 1852
…ith outbuildings pleasantly situated about one mile from lyttelton neav the i3eicb on the sumner road lin mediate possession may be had apply to mr hicham wobmald solicitor london street lyttelton…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852) · Papers Past, 14 Feb 1852
…ohn l swjnbourne market place white hart inn and auction mart corner of cashel street and sumner road christchurch mb hart begs to announce that this establishment is now open for the accommodation of…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852) · Papers Past, 14 Feb 1852
…with outbuildings pleasantly situated about one mile from lyttelton near the beach on the sumner road immediate possession may be had apply to mr richard wormald solicitor london street lyttelton chri…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 21 February 1852) · Papers Past, 21 Feb 1852
…lyttelton that he has opened a private boarding house at the corner of madras street and sumner road at the entrance of christchurch-for the accommodation of gentlemen and their families visiting the…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1852) · Papers Past, 13 Mar 1852
…ee required to cover expenses white hart inn and auction mart corner of cashel street and sumner road ckristchurch mb hart begs to announce that this establishment is now open for the accommodation of…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 27 March 1852) · Papers Past, 27 Mar 1852
…with outbuildings pleasantly situated about one mile from lytteltou near the bush on the sumner road immediate possession may be had apply to mr richaud woemald solicitor london street lyttelton buil…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past, 3 Apr 1852
…with outbuildings pleasantly situated about one mile from lyttelton near the bush on the sumner road immediate possession may be had apply to mr richard wormald solicitor london street lyttelton buil…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past, 3 Apr 1852
…ee required to cover expenses white hart inn and auction mart corner of cashel street and sumner road christchurch mb hart begs to announce that this establishment is now open for the accommodation of…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past, 3 Apr 1852
…sociation lyttelton april 1 1852 contract for metalling a portion of the christchurch and sumner road sealed tenders will be received at this office up to monday 12th april for the cartage and deliver…

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Sumner Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

Dockside AccommodationMotels · 22 Sumner Road, Lyttelton

The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Site of the Signalman's Hut ruin · 26 m away Timeball-Keepers Foundations ruin · 43 m away Windy Point lookout · 93 m away Sumner Road Gardens set of steps · 6 m away Baden Norris Reserve set of steps · 23 m away Oxford Street Reserve set of steps · 102 m away Oxford Street Reserve set of steps · 104 m away Oxford Street Reserve shelter · 111 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Sumner Road in 34 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 10 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Summit Road & Sumner Road, 25 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.