# What stood on this ground? The heritage register’s answer within 2000m of -43.53267, 172.62721, 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 231m from this point, a M3.4 on 12 January 2011, 4 km deep, labelled "Within 5 km of Christchurch" ([its record at GeoNet](https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/3446281)). 10 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 20.8km 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 quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise). An esplanade reserve line runs about 67 m away, the plan’s held public edge. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin). The rebuild photographed this ground, **564** SCIRT frames within a few hundred metres, 2011–2013, stormwater work mostly. The nearest is about 27 m away from 2012-05-24, [the frame itself](https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/image/SCIRT/Photos/Site_Photos/10844_2_20120524 164646.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 **15 m** from this point. Within a short walk the layer files 3.2 km of network, 0.9 km of it separated from the traffic. The books' record, not today’s cones, the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways). The plaque register puts a dedication about **55 m** from this point, it reads “In Loving Memory of / LAURENCE K. MITCHELL (Laurie) / 15-10-1941 to 21-10-2006 / A lifetime Horticulturist / Sadly missed but not forgotten”, standing on Botanic Gardens, commissioned 2017. 90 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 [Te Puna Wānaka](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-puna-wanaka), wharenui Te Mātauranga Māori, 1.5km from this point (Ara Institute of Canterbury, whose tertiary whare stands on the city campus). The nearest named ground the plan schedules is **Puāri Pā**, Victoria Square and north along the river, 830m away, the Waitaha settlement on the Ōtākaro bank, the oldest village the city centre covers, and later the market where Ngāi Tūāhuriri sold produce. 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 3.9km 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 5.0km 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 **165** notable trees within half a kilometre of this point, **97** veterans, 68 carrying a protection, the nearest is **Ash** (*excelsior*), 16 m tall, 0.8 m through, a crown 17 m across, a veteran, 57m 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 ### [Curator's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/202) 11m from your point 45 unread leads ### [Fitzgerald Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/199) 56m from your point 22 unread leads ## On the register nearby - [Curator's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/202), 11m · 5 Rolleston Avenue - [Fitzgerald Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/199), 56m - [Moorhouse Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/24), 70m - [Girls' High School/School of Art Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/255), 113m · 101/1 Hereford Street - [Chemistry Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/265), 119m · 3/5 Hereford Street ## 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=-43.53267&lon=172.62721&radius=2000 Map: https://www.chch.live/map?mode=places#-43.53267,172.62721,18 Data: https://api.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53267&lon=172.62721&radius=2000