# Birds Flock Together, a mural of Christchurch

A mural on the city’s public ground, standing in Halswell.

The maker: Frankie Bakker

Suburb: [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)

From the air, an aerial view of Birds Flock Together: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-birds-flock-together (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue
- [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Halswell, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan reserves this ground for Road](https://www.chch.live/designations), New Zealand Transport Agency
- [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 340 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.594658&lon=172.562177&radius=250

## Around it

- [Nottingham Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1569-nottingham-stream-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Creamery Ponds](https://www.chch.live/park/1097-creamery-ponds), community park · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), track · ~500 m
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush), track · ~800 m
- [Fyfa Campbell Dawson](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fyfa-campbell-dawson), monument · 4.4 km
- [Flying Books](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-books), monument · 5.1 km
- [Fairy Tern](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fairy-tern), monument · 5.7 km
- [NZDF Air Force Museum Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/nzdf-air-force-museum-memorial), monument · 5.9 km


## The reports nearby
53 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082765), [8 Hao Lane, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8-hao-lane)
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/9063262), [16 River Stone Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/16-river-stone-drive)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8845686), [2E Whites Tramway Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/2e-whites-tramway-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8491158), [8 River Stone Drive, Halswell, Otautahi 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8-river-stone-drive)
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8320927), [503 Highway 75, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/503-highway-75)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8233575), [3 Candys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/3-candys-road)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8029985), [1 Hawley Street, Halswell, Otautahi 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-hawley-street)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7917320), [15 Whites Tramway Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/15-whites-tramway-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7875890), [13 River Stone Drive, Halswell, Otautahi 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/13-river-stone-drive)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7772641), 594–698 Highway 75, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7660043), [33 Thomas Rickerby Road, Halswell Canterbury 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/33-thomas-rickerby-road)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7586896), 2–6 Whites Tramway Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Birds Flock Together?**

A mural in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell). The map credits Frankie Bakker.

**Where does Birds Flock Together stand?**

In Halswell, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps no listed place within 300m of it.

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). Maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.
The page: https://www.chch.live/memorial/birds-flock-together
Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery
