# Rest‑a‑while / This Seat Was Donated by Rita, a plaque of Burnside A plaque of the city, standing at Waimairi Cemetery in Burnside, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Rest‑A‑While / This seat was donated by Rita (illegible) / in loving memory of her Mother / Mary Theresa Holmes / and / Freeman Wright Holmes 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: [Waimairi Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/waimairi-cemetery), the cemetery it stands on - The suburb: [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside) - The year the register carries: 2013 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130605/IMG_0001224/IMG_0001224.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Rest‑a‑while / This Seat Was Donated by Rita](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Rest%E2%80%91a%E2%80%91while%20%2F%20This%20Seat%20Was%20Donated%20by%20Rita) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Rest%E2%80%91a%E2%80%91while%20%2F%20This%20Seat%20Was%20Donated%20by%20Rita) - [Waimairi Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/waimairi-cemetery), the ground’s own page - [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 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 - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 September 2010 · ~450 m from the pin · 13 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49966&lon=172.57753&radius=250 ## Around it - [Kendal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/939-kendal-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Derwent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1470-derwent-reserve), community park · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-280-burnside), track · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-301-bishopdale), track · ~600 m - [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-269-ilam), track · ~700 m - [Kendal School / 1961 – 2013](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118881-kendal-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [Jellie Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311016-jellie-park), plaque · ~900 m - [Ralph L. Buckenham / 1918 — 1994 / Frith Place](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112491-burnside-park), plaque · 1.0 km - [Geoffrey Ernest Scarr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311044-ground), plaque · 1.1 km ## The reports nearby 199 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8980388), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8980353), [195A Grahams Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/195a-grahams-road) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8959463), [32 Cranbrook Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/32-cranbrook-avenue) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8955611), [26 Cranbrook Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/26-cranbrook-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8926287), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8844309), [195A Grahams Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/195a-grahams-road) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8842835), [195 Grahams Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/195-grahams-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8796370), [195A Grahams Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/195a-grahams-road) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8764935), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8738525), [3 Cranbrook Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/3-cranbrook-avenue) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8730671), [176 Grahams Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/176-grahams-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8670220), [195A Grahams Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/195a-grahams-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Waimairi Cemetery in [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 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. --- 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/115253-waimairi-cemetery