# This Seat Is / a Gift to the Community, a plaque of Mairehau A plaque of the city, standing at Walter Park in Mairehau, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > This seat is / a gift to the community / from / Averil and Max Cullen / Residents of Mairehau / since 1959 / PSALM 46, v 10 / 2013 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: [Walter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1724-walter-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau) - The year the register carries: 2014 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20140106/IMG_0002844/IMG_0002844.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Seat Is / a Gift to the Community](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Seat%20Is%20%2F%20a%20Gift%20to%20the%20Community) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Seat%20Is%20%2F%20a%20Gift%20to%20the%20Community) - [Walter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1724-walter-park), the ground’s own page - [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau), 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](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [On made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill), certified - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Residential Suburban](https://www.chch.live/zones), RS - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 31 December 2010 · 1.1 km from the pin · 40 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.4918&lon=172.6423&radius=250 ## Around it - [Walter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1724-walter-park), sports ground park · ~150 m - [Teagarden Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1606-teagarden-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-512-mairehau), track · ~350 m - [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-498-saint-albans), track · ~650 m - [Keith Owen Mitchell and Grandson Judah](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311066-owen-mitchell-park), plaque · 1.8 km - [English Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311055-english-park), plaque · 1.9 km - [New Zealand Football / Southern Regional Facilities](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310852-english-park-stadium), plaque · 2.0 km - [In Memory of 733 Polish Refugee Children, Survivors of WWII](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311013-little-poland-park), plaque · 2.1 km ## The reports nearby 126 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9032250), [4 Cole Porter Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/4-cole-porter-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8783611), [4 Cole Porter Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/4-cole-porter-avenue) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8589616), [224R Queen Elizabeth II Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/224r-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8232200), [1 Lady Isaac Way, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/1-lady-isaac-way) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8230754), [21 East Ellington Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/21-east-ellington-drive) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8202620), [20 Chilton Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-chilton-drive) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8167345), [28 Chilton Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/28-chilton-drive) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8103361), [20 Chilton Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-chilton-drive) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8035829), [20 Chilton Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-chilton-drive) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7933446), [27 East Ellington Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/27-east-ellington-drive) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7911075), [224R Queen Elizabeth II Drive, Mairehau, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/224r-queen-elizabeth-ii-drive) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7896061), [20 Teagarden Cl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-teagarden-cl) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Walter Park in [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau), 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 2014. 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/116602-walter-park