# Christchurch / City Council Your People Your City, a plaque of Ferrymead

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

## The words it carries

> CHRISTCHURCH / CITY COUNCIL YOUR PEOPLE YOUR CITY

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: [Ferrymead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1299-ferrymead-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead)
- The year the register carries: 2013
- Rides on: wall
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130529/IMG_000273/IMG_000273.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Ferrymead / Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113579-ferrymead-park), “FERRYMEAD / CHRISTCHURCH”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Christchurch / City Council Your People Your City](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Christchurch%20%2F%20City%20Council%20Your%20People%20Your%20City)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Christchurch%20%2F%20City%20Council%20Your%20People%20Your%20City)
- [Ferrymead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1299-ferrymead-park), the ground’s own page
- [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead), 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The rockfall survey counts 139 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 108 came down · 5 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 591 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56473&lon=172.70812&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cannon Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1697-cannon-hill-reserve), community park · ~100 m
- [Ferrymead Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1036-ferrymead-reserve), botanic park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), track · ~500 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · ~700 m
- [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-169-mount-pleasant), track · ~800 m
- [New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55674-first-railway-monument), plaque · ~350 m
- [The Rotary Club of Ferrymead Donated This Seat So That](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56289-old-school-reserve), plaque · ~550 m
- [1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56272-old-school-reserve), plaque · ~650 m
- [In Loving Memory of My Mother Grace Greaves](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56189-old-school-reserve), plaque · ~650 m


## The reports nearby
468 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9052485), [310 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/310-bridle-path-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9039191), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9016810), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9013330), Ferrymead Reserve 285 Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8998876), [279 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/279-bridle-path-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8981593), Ferrymead Park North Ferrymead Park Drive, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8979841), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8877216), [225 Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/225-bridle-path-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8849205), [269 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/269-bridle-path-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8835833), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8833519), [298 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/298-bridle-path-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8803626), [275 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/275-bridle-path-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Ferrymead Park in [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead), 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 wall. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Ferrymead Park?**

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

**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/113578-ferrymead-park
