# 53 Head Street, Sumner 1 report on record since February 2025 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sumner/53-head-street ## What gets reported here - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1 ## Reported here - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5917700), 22 Feb 2025 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5917700), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05917700/public/1_kn91vs67kvop.jpg [More photographs on the Sumner wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sumner) ## Also reported on Head Street - [6 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/6-head-street), 8 reports - [13 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/13-head-street), 7 reports - [47 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/47-head-street), 5 reports - [21 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/21-head-street), 4 reports - [12 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/12-head-street), 4 reports - [46 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/46-head-street), 3 reports - [4 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/4-head-street), 3 reports - [41 Head Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/41-head-street), 2 reports - [Head Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/head-street) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5765&lon=172.765&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5765&lon=172.765&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5765&lon=172.765&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 Tennis & Squash Club](https://www.chch.live/business/sumner-tennis-squash-club-sumner), 101 m away · Clubs - [Choco-Blitz Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/business/choco-blitz-scarborough-sumner), 309 m away · Delis - [Sumner Sports Pavilion](https://www.chch.live/business/sumner-sports-pavilion-sumner), 358 m away · Clubs - [Abbott House Sumner Bed & Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/abbott-house-sumner-bed-breakfast-sumner), 379 m away · B&Bs *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Head St near Dryden St, 105 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3) - Head St near Wiggins St, 145 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $850,000, land $660,000, improvements $190,000 · 509 m² · ref 22920/34900 · 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 - **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Sumner catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one. - **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Sumner catchment · 50 Year - **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Sumner catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 - **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 9 modelled scenarios, covering 2065–2130 (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5+, 1.5m SLR, RCP 4.5, 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_ 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 Head Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=head-street&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 *59 m away · 58 Colenso Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/462)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7406 ## The green nearby - [Heritage Trail](https://www.chch.live/park/1118-heritage-trail), 149 m to the edge - [Bernie Hansen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1761-bernie-hansen-reserve), 166 m to the edge - [St Leonards Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1618-st-leonards-park), 271 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 61 pieces - [Sea Spray Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1427-sea-spray-reserve), 281 m to the edge - [Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), 415 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 495 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 53 Head Street?** 1 council report on record since February 2025, most often street gutters / storm water (1). **What school is 53 Head Street 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=-43.57645899870764,172.7650090000813) **Which suburb is 53 Head Street in?** Sumner, Christchurch, on [Head Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/head-street). **What stood at 53 Head Street before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/462). **What is the nearest park to 53 Head Street?** [Heritage Trail](https://www.chch.live/park/1118-heritage-trail), 149 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=53-head-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=head-street