# 25–27 Esplanade, Sumner

5 reports on record since February 2026 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/25%E2%80%9327-esplanade

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8965594), 22 Sept 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8836563), 31 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8831831), 30 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8225497), 10 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7822393), 28 Feb 2026

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8965594), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08965594/public/1_9x8i4d9rc5ii.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8836563), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08836563/public/1_vggg8iw638e.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8831831), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08831831/public/1_1n9rayq5x3lb.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8225497), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08225497/public/1_25oddcu6imgm.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7822393), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07822393/public/1_bxqoj010924o.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), 164 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
- [16 Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/sumner/16-esplanade), 31 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=-43.5668&lon=172.7574&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5668&lon=172.7574&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5668&lon=172.7574&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
- [Sumner Market](https://www.chch.live/business/sumner-market-sumner), 28 m away · Markets
- [Big Bear Breakfast Burritos](https://www.chch.live/business/big-bear-breakfast-burritos-sumner), 30 m away · Fast food
- [Le Petit Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/le-petit-hotel-sumner), 76 m away · B&Bs
- [Beach Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/beach-bar-sumner), 136 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Main Rd, 53 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, 66 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), 58 m away, “In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / illegible / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey…”
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310936-sumner-beach), 58 m away, “In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / illegible / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey…”
- [Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118638-king-edward-memorial), 170 m away, “STAN RULE / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 (illegible) / SON OF SUMNER” · 2013

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Sept 2006
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One

This address is on the council’s Week One calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the Sumner Esplanade alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Every week from 7pm Thursday night to midnight Sunday night. New Year's Eve from 7pm on 31 December to 7am on 1 January.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

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

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*136 m away · 1 The Spur · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/288)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

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

## The green nearby
- [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), 4 m to the edge · Regional · 8 ha
- [Sumner Coronation Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1763-sumner-coronation-garden), 147 m to the edge
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 166 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Cave Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1443-cave-rock-reserve), 178 m to the edge · Regional
- [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), 350 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), 292 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 67 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 198 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 25–27 Esplanade?**

5 council reports on record since February 2026, most often water leak (2), public toilet (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 25–27 Esplanade zoned for?**

[Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.566754199026306,172.75736420008496)

**Which suburb is 25–27 Esplanade in?**

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

**What stood at 25–27 Esplanade before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/288).

**What is the nearest park to 25–27 Esplanade?**

[Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), 4 m to its edge, 8 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=25%E2%80%9327-esplanade · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=esplanade
