7 Whitfield Street
6 council reports since August 2020, 6 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 19 Whitfield Street, 12 reports on file.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Greenwood Park, 144 m to the edge · Regional · 279 ha
- Wakefield Reserve No. 2, 193 m to the edge · 1 ha
- St Leonards Park, 239 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- Sumner Croquet Reserve, 322 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Sumner Community Centre, 292 m away · Venues & events
- Sumner Sports Pavilion, 351 m away · Clubs
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
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.
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 →.
What gets reported here
- Water Leak, 4
- Water Supply, 2
Photographed here 6 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 30 May 2026 There is a water leak on the road that has been rang into council but doesn’t seem to be sorted
Water Leak, 25 May 2026 Water leak in carriageway
Water Leak, 9 May 2026 leak out of road, probably mains.
Water Leak, 16 Apr 2026 water leaking from under the road seal
Water Supply, 19 Aug 2020 Leaking Toby tap
Water Supply, 15 Aug 2020 toby tap is leaking
Elsewhere on Whitfield Street
- 19 Whitfield Street, 12 reports
- 26 Whitfield Street, 4 reports
- 52 Whitfield Street, 3 reports
- 7A Whitfield Street, 2 reports
- 8 Whitfield Street, 1 report
- 48 Whitfield Street, 1 report
- 47 Whitfield Street, 1 report
- 44 Whitfield Street, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board 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.
Whitfield Street, the whole record → · Everything about Sumner → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
6 council reports on record since August 2020, most often water leak (4), water supply (2).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Whitfield Street.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Greenwood Park, 144 m to its edge, 279 ha.





