Afac

A plaque at Latimer Square, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

afac / (dedication text illegible – backlit)

The ground

Latimer Square

The suburb

Christchurch Central

The year

2013, the register’s commission

Rides on

seat

The register says

in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Latimer Square

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

In the archive

Documents naming Afac the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Latimer Square the park the plaque stands on Christchurch Central 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

On the plan’s flood map Bells Creek, the managed reach The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study Inside a listed place’s setting Latimer Square and Setting A plan matter touches it, Heritage Setting Heritage A plan matter touches it, Heritage Item Heritage The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks OCP The nearest recorded shake: M3.8 25 September 2010 · under 150 m from the pin · 166 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

Latimer Square the botanic park it’s inside Poplars Reserve botanic park · ~250 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · ~150 m from the pin ANZCO Foods plaque · ~250 m In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert plaque · ~250 m H. Francis Willis plaque · ~300 m Heritage Christchurch Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented plaque · ~300 m

The reports nearby

3,796 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,137 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Graffiti on a playground or in a park 136 Worcester St · 11 October 2026

Playground Equipment 177 Armagh St · 11 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 82 Chester Street East, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Hazard, vehicle 218 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Street Light Outage 230 Armagh St · 8 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 100 Chester Street East, Christchurch Central City · 7 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 98 Chester Street East, Christchurch Central City · 7 October 2026

Dumped Rubbish 258 Armagh St · 5 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 317 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch Central City · 4 October 2026

Hazard, vehicle 177 Armagh St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011 · 4 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 324 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch Central City · 2 October 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Latimer Square in Christchurch Central, 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 seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2013. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/110762-latimer-square.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.