# 47 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner

1 report on record since December 2025.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/47-wakefield-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7370352), 12 Dec 2025

## Also reported on Wakefield Avenue
- [17 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/17-wakefield-avenue), 8 reports
- [70 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/70-wakefield-avenue), 7 reports
- [55 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/55-wakefield-avenue), 7 reports
- [107 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/107-wakefield-avenue), 7 reports
- [16 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/16-wakefield-avenue), 6 reports
- [96 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/96-wakefield-avenue), 5 reports
- [4 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/4-wakefield-avenue), 5 reports
- [123 Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/sumner/123-wakefield-avenue), 5 reports
- [Wakefield Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/wakefield-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5717&lon=172.7589&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5717&lon=172.7589&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5717&lon=172.7589&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 Community Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/sumner-community-centre-sumner), 156 m away · Venues & events
- [Clink Restaurant and Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/clink-restaurant-and-bar-sumner), 180 m away · Restaurants
- [Physio NZ](https://www.chch.live/business/physio-nz-sumner), 194 m away · Physio
- [Fuse Youth Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/fuse-youth-cafe-sumner), 203 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- Nayland St near Stoke St, 195 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Nayland St near Stoke St, 208 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Presented by Mrs A.M. O’Vary 1959](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59021-port-hills-11-rrz-land), 50 m away, “Presented by Mrs A.M. O’VARY 1959” · 2000
- [Harold Sinclair 1989](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59007-port-hills-11-rrz-land), 52 m away, “HAROLD SINCLAIR 1989” · 2000
- [Donated by E & U …](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59014-port-hills-11-rrz-land), 63 m away, “DONATED BY E & u … (Unreadable plate – very faint)” · 2000

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $915,000, land $460,000, improvements $455,000 · 246 m² · ref 22920/62400 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## 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 83% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 21% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 83% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### Water
- **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2065**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 6 modelled scenarios, covering 2065–2130 (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5+, RCP 4.5, 1.5m SLR, RCP 8.5). Modelled depth up to 4.2 m. _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_

### [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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Sumner School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.

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 Wakefield Avenue in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=wakefield-avenue&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, Dwelling and Setting
*202 m away · 62 Nayland Street · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/163)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Sumner Croquet Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1189-sumner-croquet-reserve), 23 m to the edge
- [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), 127 m to the edge · Regional · 279 ha
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 381 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Wakefield Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1022-wakefield-reserve-no-2), 414 m to the edge · 1 ha

*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), 288 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 397 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 47 Wakefield Avenue?**

1 council report on record since December 2025, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1).

**What school is 47 Wakefield Avenue 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=-43.5717305994198,172.75885389942368)

**Which suburb is 47 Wakefield Avenue in?**

Sumner, Christchurch, on [Wakefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/wakefield-avenue).

**What stood at 47 Wakefield Avenue before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/163).

**What is the nearest park to 47 Wakefield Avenue?**

[Sumner Croquet Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1189-sumner-croquet-reserve), 23 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=47-wakefield-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=wakefield-avenue
