From the air

Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial

A stele on the city’s public ground: standing in Christchurch Central.

On the map as

stele

The suburb

Christchurch Central

Made of

stone

This stone is to the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquake sequence, the story in plain language: the earthquakes explainer · every shake, counted: /sequence.

Where it stands

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position, the strong outline is the suburb the map puts it in, the rest are its neighbours.

On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m: neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so.

Commercial Building and Setting 65 Cambridge Terrace Rhododendron Island and Setting 78 Cambridge Terrace St Michael and All Angels Church Belfry and Setting 90 Oxford Terrace · List 295 St. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting 90 Oxford Terrace · List 294 St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting List 1927 Former Dwelling and Setting 95 Oxford Terrace St Michael's School Hall and Setting 243 Durham Street South Bridge of Remembrance and Setting 88 Cambridge Terrace · List 289

The ground under it

The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study Inside a kept landscape, SF8.2 - Significant Feature the landscape schedule A plan matter touches it, Heritage Setting Heritage The plan zones this ground Avon River Precinct (Te Papa Otakaro) ARP The nearest recorded shake: M4 27 December 2010 · under 150 m from the pin · 177 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Tiffany Reserve community park · under 150 m Friendship Corner botanic park · ~200 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · under 150 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Addington track · ~300 m from the pin Riverside Mural monument · ~250 m Henry James Nichols VC MM Memorial Statue monument · ~300 m No Place Like Home monument · ~300 m James Edward Fitzgerald monument · ~350 m

The reports nearby

4,261 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,708 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Dumped Rubbish 98 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City · 14 October 2026

Pavement - Damaged 112 Oxford Tce · 14 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 95A Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City · 14 October 2026

Pavement - General 60 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City · 13 October 2026

Hazard, vehicle 50 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City · 13 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 131 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City · 12 October 2026

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 5 Lava Lane, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 48A Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City · 8 October 2026

Litter 94 Tuam St · 7 October 2026

Rubbish and Bins - General 94 Tuam St · 7 October 2026

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 127 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City · 7 October 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial?

A stele in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in Christchurch Central.

Where does Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial stand?

In Christchurch Central, the pin is the map’s own position, inside the outline drawn around it. The register keeps 8 places 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.

The record behind this

The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node, way or relation tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). The maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

This page as markdown: /memorial/canterbury-earthquake-national-memorial.md · every monument as data: /memorials.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=memorials · the quiet ground: the cemeteries · every roll, counted: /geography.