# This Stone Commemorates the Public Spirit and Generosity, a plaque of Little River

A plaque of the city, standing at Awa-Iti Domain in Little River, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE PUBLIC SPIRIT AND GENEROSITY OF THOMAS QUEALY FOR FIFTY YEARS A RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT. 1930

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: [Awa-Iti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1705-awa-iti-domain), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080131/00378/R0011653.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Stone Commemorates the Public Spirit and Generosity](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Stone%20Commemorates%20the%20Public%20Spirit%20and%20Generosity)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Stone%20Commemorates%20the%20Public%20Spirit%20and%20Generosity)
- [Awa-Iti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1705-awa-iti-domain), the ground’s own page
- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river), 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), Lake Forsyth, the managed reach
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 11 September 2010 · 3.0 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.76611&lon=172.79499&radius=250

## Around it

- [Awa-Iti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1705-awa-iti-domain), the community park it’s inside
- [Heritage Park Little River](https://www.chch.live/park/1324-heritage-park-little-river), community park · ~300 m
- [This Stone Was Laid by J. o. Coop](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1862-little-river-war-memorial), plaque · under 150 m
- [Planted by Cr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2391-heritage-park-little-river), plaque · ~350 m
- [Harakeke Collection Donated by Manaaki Whenua](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2396-heritage-park-little-river), plaque · ~350 m
- [Arbour Day Centenary Tree by Marlene Woods 1990](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2398-heritage-park-little-river), plaque · ~400 m


## The reports nearby
60 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8822747), Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8787585), [17 Wairewa Pa Road, Banks Peninsula, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/17-wairewa-pa-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8786202), Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8747082), [4313 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/4313-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8663941), 4297–4313 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8441136), [122 Wairewa Pa Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/122-wairewa-pa-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8315861), [48 Western Valley Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/48-western-valley-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8222147), [19 Western Valley Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/19-western-valley-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8089680), [48 Western Valley Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/48-western-valley-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7920599), [39 Western Valley Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/39-western-valley-road)
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/7856298), [11 Western Valley Rd, Canterbury, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/11-western-valley-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7854002), [11 Western Valley Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/little-river/11-western-valley-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Awa-Iti Domain in [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river), 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 2008. 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/1867-awa-iti-domain
