# 16 Esplanade, Sumner

31 reports on record since May 2020 · 19 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/16-esplanade

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 6
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 4
- General Request, 3
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 2
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083524), 13 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8295630), 23 May 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8295564), 23 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8151106), 26 Apr 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7548514), 14 Jan 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5879824), 16 Feb 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5879730), 16 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5736779), 21 Jan 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5522325), 8 Dec 2024
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5349222), 1 Nov 2024

## Photographed here (19 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083524), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09083524/public/1_ki2f9l0h0jc.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8295630), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08295630/public/1_stvou1l3xyfh.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8295564), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08295564/public/1_c50798ivjnqe.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8151106), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08151106/public/1_04s4dp702mtwm.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7548514), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07548514/public/1_al38bllffowt.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5879824), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05879824/public/1_jsxcnhph20pp.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5879730), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05879730/public/1_2jy526b4g12n.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5736779), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05736779/public/1_102jztu0l5n9q.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5522325), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05522325/public/1_zel6njcpuxb9.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5349222), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05349222/public/1_zkeyutmns1i.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5327098), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05327098/public/1_q5qfkuzbhua7.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4294026), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04294026/public/1_btn6y18ad87n.jpg

[More photographs on the Sumner wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sumner)

## Also reported on Esplanade
- [147 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/147-esplanade), 163 reports
- [52 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/52-esplanade), 112 reports
- [27 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade), 75 reports
- [25 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/25-esplanade), 45 reports
- [2 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-esplanade), 42 reports
- [141 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/141-esplanade), 34 reports
- [62 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/62-esplanade), 31 reports
- [147A Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/147a-esplanade), 28 reports
- [Esplanade, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/esplanade)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7596&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7596&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7596&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Cave Rock](https://www.chch.live/business/cave-rock-sumner), 41 m away · Attractions
- [Beach Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/beach-bar-sumner), 50 m away · Restaurants
- [Kiosk 147](https://www.chch.live/business/kiosk-147-sumner), 77 m away · Fast food
- [Brigittes Sumner](https://www.chch.live/business/brigittes-sumner), 80 m away · Restaurants

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, 184 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Marriner St near Wakefield Ave, 233 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Monument Was / Refurbished](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118637-king-edward-memorial), 22 m away, “THIS MONUMENT WAS / REFURBISHED BY THE / CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL / TO COMMEMORATE / THE…” · 2013
- [King Edward VII / Coronation Memorial / 1902](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118639-king-edward-memorial), 22 m away, “KING EDWARD VII / CORONATION MEMORIAL / 1902” · 2013
- [King Edward Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118641-king-edward-memorial), 22 m away, “(illegible – obstructed/distant monument plaque)” · 2013

*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 Esplanade in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=esplanade&suburb=sumner)

## 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 →](https://www.chch.live/sumner#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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).

## What was here, Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting
*on this spot · located to ±70 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/229)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting
*122 m away · located to ±116 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/420)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Cave Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1443-cave-rock-reserve), you are in it · Regional
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 8 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), 10 m to the edge · Regional · 8 ha
- [Sumner Coronation Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1763-sumner-coronation-garden), 311 m to the edge
- [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), 488 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Matuku Takotako / Sumner Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-53), 306 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 25 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 246 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 16 Esplanade?**

31 council reports on record since May 2020, most often graffiti (6), dumped rubbish (6), water leak (4).

**Which suburb is 16 Esplanade in?**

Sumner, Christchurch, on [Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/esplanade).

**What stood at 16 Esplanade before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/229), [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420).

**What is the nearest park to 16 Esplanade?**

[Cave Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1443-cave-rock-reserve), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=16-esplanade · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=esplanade
