Ilam Stream / Waitu-Utu: the Rebirth of a Stream
A plaque at Avonhead Park, standing in Russley. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
Ilam Stream/Waitu-utu: the rebirth of a stream / Over the years developments along the Waimakariri River, / the sinking of wells and subdivisions have all contributed / to the Ilam Stream ceasing to flow. / A community initiated project has reconnected the link from / the Waimakariri River to the Avon River through the Ilam Stream. / The re-establishment of this waterway – close to its original course / – has contributed to the restoration of native flora and fauna, / enhanced the environment and created a link with the past.
The register’s own frame
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.
The ground’s other names
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
146 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 106 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Damaged Street Sign
Water Leak
Trees - General
Accessibility
Water Leak
Park - General Request
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Animal - Domestic
Street Cleaning
Water Leak
Dumped Rubbish
Rubbish and Bins - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avonhead Park in Russley, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.
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/112399-avonhead-park.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.