# This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton, a plaque of Hornby

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

## The words it carries

> THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY THE RICCARTON / WIGRAM COMMUNITY BOARD TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF WOMENS' SUFFRAGE 1993

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: [Denton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1905-denton-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby)
- The year the register carries: 2013
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130402/IMG_0000451/IMG_0000451.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Tree%20Was%20Planted%20by%20the%20Riccarton)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Tree%20Was%20Planted%20by%20the%20Riccarton)
- [Denton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1905-denton-park), the ground’s own page
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 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 “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Metropolitan Facilities](https://www.chch.live/zones), OMF
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 4 September 2010 · ~750 m from the pin · 46 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54375&lon=172.51978&radius=250

## Around it

- [Denton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1905-denton-park), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Goulding Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1854-goulding-playground), community park · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-210-hornby), track · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-205-hornby-south), track · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Islington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-206-islington), track · ~450 m
- ['Pathways Home' a Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/20725-pathways-home), plaque · ~150 m
- [Little Waterloo Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/309646-little-waterloo-park), plaque · 2.1 km
- [Peebles Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310843-peebles-reserve), plaque · 2.1 km
- [Bennington 1 Drainage Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115924-bennington-1-drainage-reserve), plaque · 2.2 km


## The reports nearby
555 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8991053), [52 Kathleen Crescent, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/52-kathleen-crescent)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8951318), [431 Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/431-main-south-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8934580), [437 Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/437-main-south-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8881770), [437 Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/437-main-south-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8879643), [44C Kathleen Crescent, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/44c-kathleen-crescent)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8797466), [442 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/442-main-south-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8797443), [13 Chalmers St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/13-chalmers-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8780894), [446 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/446-main-south-road)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8777506), [11 Seymour Street, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/11-seymour-street)
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8657282), [13 Chalmers St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/13-chalmers-street)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8654515), [462 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/462-main-south-road)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8650546), [13 Chalmers St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/13-chalmers-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Denton Park in [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), 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.

**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.


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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/111509-denton-park
