# What stood on this ground? The heritage register’s answer within 1000m of -43.52909, 172.62103, 5 places on record, nearest first. A register listing is a lead to follow, not by itself a claim. Distances are to each place’s recorded pin, not its boundary. The point falls inside [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city) and in the [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), Jake McLellan's seat, measured against the drawn boundaries, not the side its address is described as. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). The nearest break GeoNet recorded sits 494m from this point, a M3.7 on 26 December 2010, 5 km deep, labelled "Within 5 km of Christchurch" ([its record at GeoNet](https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/3454006)). 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres sit within a kilometre, the biggest inside five kilometres a M4.7 on 26 December 2010, 5 km deep. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not where the shaking was felt; the whole catalogue is at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence) and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes). The Crown’s 2011 classification left this point outside the residential red zone. The whole boundary is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone). The district plan files this ground as **Open Space Community Parks** (OCP), the open space family. A zone is a permission, not a description, the whole district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones). The 2011 grading never reached this point, the categories ran over the flat residential land. The grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories). The nearest mapped fault trace sits 20.4km from this point, part of the Greendale Fault. A drawn trace is the record of where the ground broke or deformed, not a prediction for this address, the mapped faults are at [faults](https://www.chch.live/faults). No recorded dump under this point, the council’s landfill layer keeps the old tips on the books and this isn’t one. The ones that are, from 1880 on: [landfills](https://www.chch.live/landfills). The record drew water over this point once, 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce. Each patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding, the whole record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods). No air-noise contour covers this point The ground is zoned *Category 3, Lower Noise Level Area*, the central city’s graded night. The airport’s bird-strike buffer, 8 km from the path, reaches this far. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise). The plan’s water-margin layers hold this point, inside a *30-metre setback strip* along a *Downstream Waterway (except Mona Vale)*. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin). The rebuild photographed this ground, **4** SCIRT frames within a few hundred metres, 2011–2012, stormwater work mostly. The nearest is about 177 m away, an access shot from 2012-07-09, [the frame itself](https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/image/SCIRT/Photos/Manhole_Photos/SWMH15210_15210 Top_20120710 094833.jpg). A work log filed as the dig went on, not a survey of what stands today. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild). The cycleway layer files a **shared path** about **47 m** from this point. Within a short walk the layer files 3.3 km of network. The books' record, not today’s cones, the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways). The plaque register puts a dedication about **26 m** from this point, it reads “In loving memory of / Brian Appleton / Ranger Botanic Gardens 1987-2019 / 'Rest awhile in this beautiful place'”, standing on Botanic Gardens, commissioned 2026. 179 inscribed plaques stand within a short walk, across 6 named grounds. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques). The rules on this ground, no alcohol at set times, Hagley Park and Environs, 22:00–7:00; Hagley Park and Environs, 0:00–0:00; Hagley Park and Environs, 22:00–7:00; the dog rules name this ground, Botanic Gardens (prohibited); Botanic Gardens (prohibited); Botanic Gardens (prohibited); Botanic Gardens (prohibited); freedom camping is managed here, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area; inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this is the register’s drawing of it, thinned to ~4 m. The whole rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules). ## The marae and the old grounds The nearest marae on the roll is [Rehua Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/rehua), wharenui Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga o Rehua, 1.6km from this point (the city's urban Māori community, under the korowai of mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri). The nearest named ground the plan schedules is **Waipapa, Pilgrims Corner**, Little Hagley Park, Harper Avenue, 203m away, the Māori reserve gazetted in 1858 at Little Hagley Park, the resting place on the old trail; in the 1970s its claim was settled in exchange for the Pages Road land that became Ngā Hau e Whā. The whole roll: [maraes](https://www.chch.live/maraes), a record of what the file says, not a claim on this point. No hazardous-activities listing reaches this point, the register keeps the parcels where contaminating work ran, and this isn’t one. The ones that are: [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards). No fill parcel reaches this point, the files keep the ground that was made, and this isn’t filed as made. The parcels that are: [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill). The rockfall survey’s nearest pin sits 4.5km from this point, a rock that came down in the shakes. A pin is where the survey saw the rock, not a promise about the slope, the survey: [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders). ## What the model says The 2019 liquefaction vulnerability study draws this ground as **Liquefaction Damage is Possible**, River plain and channel deposits, observed performance variable and uncertainty in liquefaction performance due to effects of layered silty soil profiles. A district-scale screening read, not a finding about an address, the study itself says site-specific analysis confirms a parcel. The whole study: [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability). ## The armour The nearest engineered defence sits 5.6km away, a rock anchor installed 2011. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the file’s condition rating is its own word, not a fresh inspection. The register: [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences). ## The canopy The register counts **158** notable trees within half a kilometre of this point, **154** veterans, 4 carrying a protection, the nearest is **Saucer Magnolia** (*soulangiana*), 10 m tall, 0.9 m through, a crown 15 m across, a veteran, 65m away. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands, not a fresh survey. The canopy: [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees). ## What the record says ### [Cuningham House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/23) 88m from your point 41 unread leads ### [Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/place/501) 164m from your point 27 unread leads ## On the register nearby - [Cuningham House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/23), 88m · 7 Riccarton Avenue - [Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/place/501), 164m - [Christ's College Open Air Classrooms and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/211), 387m · 33I Rolleston Avenue - [Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/192), 402m - [Christ's College School House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/209), 407m · 33A Rolleston Avenue ## How this answer is made The register this asks is the district-plan heritage schedule and the Heritage New Zealand list, scheduled places, not everything that stood here. If the record has this ground wrong, the corrections door is open: https://www.chch.live/corrections --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52909&lon=172.62103&radius=1000 Map: https://www.chch.live/map?mode=places#-43.52909,172.62103,18 Data: https://api.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52909&lon=172.62103&radius=1000