13 Head Street
7 council reports since June 2023, 6 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 6 Head Street, 8 reports on file.
On the register here
- Sumner Clock Tower and Setting, 147R Esplanade (205m)
From the air, then
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 green nearby
- Bernie Hansen Reserve, 120 m to the edge
- Scarborough Park, 148 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- Scarborough Beach, 171 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Heritage Trail, 189 m to the edge
- Sea Spray Reserve, 258 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Choco-Blitz Scarborough, 123 m away · Delis
- C Views Beachfront Bed and Breakfast, 145 m away · B&Bs
- Sumner Tennis & Squash Club, 214 m away · Clubs
- Ocean Cafe & Bar, 235 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 199 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Donated by Bronwyn and Stan / in Loving Memory, 177 m away ·
Donated by Bronwyn and Stan / In Loving Memory / PETER MARSHALL JONES / Sunrises & Sunsets
- This Pohutukawa Was Planted by / Thos, 185 m away ·
THIS POHUTUKAWA WAS PLANTED BY / THOS. NEWBURGH / TO MARK THE CORONATION OF / KING GEORGE
· 2013 - Scarborough Park plaque, 193 m away ·
(illegible – distant bench plaque)
· 2013
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 Sumner ran about $620 a week, $70 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Graffiti somewhere else, 2
- General Request, 2
- Vandalism - General, 1
- Pavement - Damaged, 1
- Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, 1
Photographed here 6 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 27 Jul 2026 Is the community able to get some plants for this berm? I am happy to plant… otherwise it just grows weeds
General Request, 17 Mar 2025 CRN Head and Nayland Street Sumner, green cabinet near 131 Nayland Street. Frequently targeted. Susan Sumner
Graffiti somewhere else, 22 Jan 2025
Vandalism - General, 16 Jan 2025 Long term Tagging on Green Cabinet crn Nayland and Head St opposite 132?Nayland St Sumner. CCC suggested I use the General code as previous
Graffiti somewhere else, 4 Nov 2024
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, 18 Jun 2024 Tagging on green cabinet CRN Nayland and Head Street Sumner Susan Sumner
- Pavement - Damaged, 20 Jun 2023
Elsewhere on Head Street
- 6 Head Street, 8 reports
- 47 Head Street, 5 reports
- 21 Head Street, 4 reports
- 12 Head Street, 4 reports
- 46 Head Street, 3 reports
- 4 Head Street, 3 reports
- 41 Head Street, 2 reports
- 10 Head Street, 2 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Head Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board 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.
Head Street, the whole record → · Everything about Sumner → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
7 council reports on record since June 2023, most often graffiti somewhere else (2), general request (2), vandalism - general (1).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Head Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Sumner Clock Tower and Setting.
Bernie Hansen Reserve, 120 m to its edge.