# Maree and Ron Palatchie, a plaque of Belfast

A plaque of the city, standing at Belfast Cemetery in Belfast, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> Maree and Ron Palatchie. October 1999. In memory of Maree and Ron, valued friends of City Streets Unit.

The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

- The ground: [Belfast Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/belfast-cemetery), the cemetery it stands on
- The suburb: [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080522/00377/R0018629.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [In Memory of (Bapa) George Jacob Lee 1914 - 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/10846-belfast-cemetery), “In Memory of (Bapa) George Jacob Lee 1914 - 2001”
- [Graydon Leslie Phillips](https://www.chch.live/plaque/10857-belfast-cemetery), “GRAYDON LESLIE PHILLIPS”
- [Belfast Cemetery plaque, no. 115231](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115231-belfast-cemetery), its words filed unknown
- [Belfast Cemetery plaque, no. 115233](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115233-belfast-cemetery), its words filed unknown
- [Maree and Ron Palatchie, October 1999](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115234-belfast-cemetery), “Maree and Ron Palatchie, October 1999 / In memory of Maree and Ron, / valued fri…”
- [Belfast Cemetery plaque, no. 115236](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115236-belfast-cemetery), its words filed unknown
- [Belfast Cemetery plaque, no. 115239](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115239-belfast-cemetery), its words filed unknown

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Maree and Ron Palatchie](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Maree%20and%20Ron%20Palatchie)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Maree%20and%20Ron%20Palatchie)
- [Belfast Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/belfast-cemetery), the ground’s own page
- [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast), the suburb it stands in

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

## The ground under it

- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [Inside a silent-file precinct](https://www.chch.live/cultural), the plan keeps the specifics quiet
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 February 2016 · 1.4 km from the pin · 19 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.45252&lon=172.6428&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-436-belfast), track · ~600 m
- [O'Neill Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115825-o-neill-reserve), plaque · 2.0 km
- [Proudly Dontared by Northwood Residents Assosiation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311074-northwood-park), plaque · 2.2 km
- [Proudly Dontared by Northwood Residents Assosiation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311075-northwood-park), plaque · 2.2 km
- [This Oak Was Planted to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311012-little-poland-park), plaque · 2.3 km


## The reports nearby
111 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8986083), [140 Belfast Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/140-belfast-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8857346), [15 Guthries Belfast Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/15-guthries-belfast-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8723349), [110 Belfast Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/110-belfast-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8676718), [110 Belfast Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/110-belfast-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8660935), [35 Atawhai Lane, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/35-atawhai-lane)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8487966), [1FD Atawhai Lane, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/1fd-atawhai-lane)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8337295), [110 Belfast Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/110-belfast-road)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8124706), [15 Guthries Belfast Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/15-guthries-belfast-road)
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8050013), [110 Belfast Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/110-belfast-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7981838), Belfast Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7767433), [120 Belfast Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/120-belfast-road)
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7335973), [15 Guthries Belfast Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/15-guthries-belfast-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Belfast Cemetery in [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Belfast Cemetery?**

8 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/10981-belfast-cemetery
