52 Esplanade, Sumner
111 reports on record since December 2015 · 73 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 147 Esplanade — 160 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 73 on record
Reported here the newest 80 of 111
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — graffiti on these Sumner toilets. bonus road cone.
Trees - General — Branches have been cut down from tree and left along footpath. Tree is absolutely dead and at risk in future high winds events
Fallen Tree — A dead tree has branches breaking off over the footpath causing a serious health and safety hazard for the public.
Rubbish and Bins - General — Burnt out rubbish bin
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Next to the showers
- Fallen Tree —
a large drifted tree of approximately 15 meters long has appeared on sumner s beach. several branches are sticking out of the sand at its or
Public Toilet — Both toilets at the public toilet block on the Esplanade are blocked (looks like vandalism).
Water Leak — Shower stuck on
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Graffiti
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — graffiti in toilets
Park - General Request — Grass on Sumner Esplanade dying due to sprinklers not operating. First reported 10 days ago. No action taken!!
Water General — Shower not turning off
Park - General Request — Water sprinklers along Sumner Esplanade don’t seem to be working. Grass brown and dying.
Public Toilet — Toilet block has been vandalised Light and cover broken Toilet blocked Complaints from public Please repair asap
Trees - General — Dead tree. Branch has come loose and risks landing on power line/pedestrian/road
Public Toilet — Surf life saving carnival on this morning - 1 toilet for 500+ people (conservative estimate)
- Pest / Vermin —
Rats along esplanade garden
Public Toilet — Blocked toilet and flooded bathroom.
Animal - General — Seal on the rocks at Sumner, just by cave rock. Just so public is aware. Came in for a rest post storm?
General Request — Hopefully before summer you will bolster these very limited facilities hence avoiding the summer queues. The combined changing room toilet o
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Toilet block tagged
Trees - General — There is a large dead monkey puzzle tree right beside the footpath on sumner esplande. This is very dangerous. The whole tree could blow ove
Public Toilet — Both blocked and over flowing
Public Toilet — Both toilets blocked at Sumner Beach public bathrooms.
Public Toilet — green mold growing off the wall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — On the esplanade wall - end of marriner street. Sumner
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — On toilet
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on beach safety sign.
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Graffiti plus illegally placed posters on public toilets.
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet —
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Sumner beach toilets opposite Marriner street
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on seats. There is actually graffiti being done on a daily basis through Redcliffs, Moncks Bay and Sumner. Note: I am prepared
Litter — Look like the bin near the Marriner street /esplanade toilets in Sumner needs emptying, plus someone's dumped some random rubbish there.
Litter — Overflowing rubbish at the bin near the toilets.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on 4 seats by esplanade walkway
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Looks like KAEPE has been visiting the public toilets in Sumner. Both toilets tagged.
Park - General Request — Irrigation leaking near surf school. Not major but slowly filling up.
Public Toilet — Flooded and overflowing
Water Leak — irrigation blow out lots of water wasted
Pavement - General — Contractors have left a terrible mess
Graffiti somewhere else — Graffiti and blocked toilet
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet —
Hazard — vehicle — The kerb where the mobility parks is standard height, this requires wheelchair users to use the crossing at the narrow point of the road whi
Litter — The rubbish bin that was here has disappeared! (Stolen / removed). This is a well used bin, if stolen can you please replaced, otherwise why
- Overgrown Vegetation —
I see that the sea wall in Sumner is being upgraded. I was wondering if all scrub on the seaward side of the promenade could be removed bet
Water General — The shower will not turn off for a very long time. Button may be broken. Connected to toilet block.
Public Toilet — Outdoor shower stuck in on position. Constantly flowing.
- Public Toilet —
The public toilets at the esplanade Sumner are absolutely disgusting the smell emanating from them is nauseous they reek of urine and are un
Public Toilet — Broken toilet seat, causing flush to spray out over floor
Rubbish and Bins - General —
Public Toilet — Toilets are very unsanitary. Smells like human urine all over the floor. One of the toilet leaks when it is flushed all over floor.
Rubbish and Bins - General — Rubbish bin overflowing
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- Graffiti —
- Rubbish and Bins - General —
- Vandalism - General —
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- Public Toilet —
- Water Leak —
- Water Leak —
- Litter —
- Street Gutters / Storm Water —
- Graffiti —
- Public Toilet —
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- Public Toilet —
- Pavement - Damaged —
- Graffiti —
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- Public Toilet —
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31 more on record — the live page pages them.
Also reported on Esplanade
- 147 Esplanade — 160 reports
- 27 Esplanade — 72 reports
- 25 Esplanade — 44 reports
- 2 Esplanade — 42 reports
- 141 Esplanade — 34 reports
- 62 Esplanade — 31 reports
- 16 Esplanade — 30 reports
- 147A Esplanade — 28 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Esplanade in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Scarborough Beach — you are in it · Regional · 5 ha
- Cave Rock Reserve — 236 m to the edge · Regional
- Greenwood Park — 252 m to the edge · Regional · 279 ha
- Sumner Beach — 261 m to the edge · Regional · 8 ha
- Sumner Croquet Reserve — 331 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Matuku Takotako/sumner Library — 217 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Dot Com Cafe — 96 m away · Cafés
- Dotcom — 102 m away · Cafés
- Dear Prudence — 113 m away · Gift shops
- Renaissance — 122 m away · Beauty
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Wakefield Ave — 184 m away · route 3
- Nayland St near Stoke St — 205 m away · route 3
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sumner — 29 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sumner — 456 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — 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
- Scarborough Beach Developed plaque — 20 m away ·
(illegible – bench plaque too distant)
· 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 →.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward — the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
111 council reports on record since December 2015 — most often graffiti (28), public toilet (19), graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (10).
Sumner, Christchurch — on Esplanade.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — the record around this ground →
Scarborough Beach — the address is inside it, 5 ha.











