# These Gates Were Erected to the Memory of the Rev., a plaque of Papanui A plaque of the city, standing at St James Park in Papanui, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THESE GATES WERE ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. T. N. GRIFFIN BY WHOSE EFFORTS THIS PARK WAS SECURED 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: [St James Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1211-st-james-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Papanui](https://www.chch.live/papanui) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080604/00378/R0020679.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming These Gates Were Erected to the Memory of the Rev.](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=These%20Gates%20Were%20Erected%20to%20the%20Memory%20of%20the%20Rev.) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=These%20Gates%20Were%20Erected%20to%20the%20Memory%20of%20the%20Rev.) - [St James Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1211-st-james-park), the ground’s own page - [Papanui](https://www.chch.live/papanui), 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 - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 30 August 2025 · 1.3 km from the pin · 19 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49675&lon=172.60461&radius=250 ## Around it - [St James Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1211-st-james-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Papanui Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/975-papanui-memorial-reserve), botanic park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-372-papanui), track · under 150 m - [Papanui R.S.A. Memorial Rose Garden in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/8696-papanui-memorial-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [This Stone Was Laid by W. J. Walter Chairman Waimari County](https://www.chch.live/plaque/8672-papanui-memorial-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [Papanui Memorial Reserve in Recognition of the Partnership](https://www.chch.live/plaque/8674-papanui-memorial-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [Rotary Club of Papanui / 25th Anniversary / 1983](https://www.chch.live/plaque/110859-papanui-memorial-reserve), plaque · ~300 m ## The reports nearby 921 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081204), [39 Bellvue Avenue, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/39-bellvue-avenue) - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/9067015), [4 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/4-harewood-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9059498), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9052278), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9043095), [3/27 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/3-27-harewood-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9037964), [23B Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/23b-langdons-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9037963), [23B Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/23b-langdons-road) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9005680), [41 Bellvue Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/41-bellvue-avenue) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8963939), maharaja site 1 Restell Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8948380), [513 Papanui Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/513-papanui-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8907354), maharaja site 1 Restell Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8884366), [20 Harewood Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/papanui/20-harewood-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at St James Park in [Papanui](https://www.chch.live/papanui), 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 2003. 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/12899-st-james-park