# 25 Esplanade, Sumner

45 reports on record since December 2015 · 34 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/25-esplanade

## What gets reported here
- Water Fountain, 7
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 6
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 3
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 2

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082027), 13 Oct 2026
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8737446), 13 Aug 2026
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8712685), 9 Aug 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8502790), 1 Jul 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7988253), 28 Mar 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7643125), 30 Jan 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7173262), 8 Nov 2025
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7028374), 12 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6573494), 7 Jul 2025
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6449414), 8 Jun 2025

## Photographed here (34 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082027), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09082027/public/1_qd4hy7rjkvgl.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8737446), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08737446/public/1_x3537uwbtdc2.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8712685), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08712685/public/1_lvghr411tej.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8502790), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08502790/public/1_d3sesjqbn9lc.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7988253), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07988253/public/1_o9a4on8hjpy.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7643125), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07643125/public/1_vln826j1tqv.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7173262), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07173262/public/1_zy4pharu8uk9.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7028374), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07028374/public/1_gnp5bsyvlgi.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6573494), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06573494/public/1_zbg4pjqa66d.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6449414), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06449414/public/1_jq14p5tvwhr9.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5755444), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05755444/public/1_grlhyeby1e78.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5614379), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05614379/public/1_w6omc7t8apka.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
- [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
- [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=-43.5667&lon=172.7592&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5667&lon=172.7592&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5667&lon=172.7592&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
- [Beach Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/beach-bar-sumner), 18 m away · Restaurants
- [Kiosk 147](https://www.chch.live/business/kiosk-147-sumner), 35 m away · Fast food
- [Brigittes Sumner](https://www.chch.live/business/brigittes-sumner), 40 m away · Restaurants
- [The Social](https://www.chch.live/business/the-social-sumner), 42 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, 143 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Marriner St near Wakefield Ave, 199 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118638-king-edward-memorial), 20 m away, “STAN RULE / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 (illegible) / SON OF SUMNER” · 2013
- [This Monument Was / Refurbished](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118637-king-edward-memorial), 23 m away, “THIS MONUMENT WAS / REFURBISHED BY THE / CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL / TO COMMEMORATE / THE…” · 2013
- [W. Rollitt / Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118640-king-edward-memorial), 23 m away, “W. ROLLITT / MAYOR” · 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, 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, Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting
*110 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), you are in it · Regional · 8 ha
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 18 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Cave Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1443-cave-rock-reserve), 34 m to the edge · Regional
- [Sumner Coronation Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1763-sumner-coronation-garden), 288 m to the edge
- [Sumner Croquet Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1189-sumner-croquet-reserve), 458 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), 270 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 216 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 Esplanade?**

45 council reports on record since December 2015, most often water fountain (7), rubbish/recycling (6), graffiti (4).

**Which suburb is 25 Esplanade in?**

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

**What stood at 25 Esplanade before?**

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

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

[Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), the address is inside it, 8 ha.

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