# Planted on 2nd December 1994 by Mrs Avice Hill, a plaque of Burnside

A plaque of the city, standing at Avice Hill Reserve in Burnside, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> PLANTED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1994 BY MRS AVICE HILL TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ORIGINAL TREE PLANTINGS WITHIN THIS RESERVE

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: [Avice Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1632-avice-hill-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080819/00377/R0031123.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Canterbury Herb Society](https://www.chch.live/plaque/24131-avice-hill-reserve), “CANTERBURY HERB SOCIETY”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Planted on 2nd December 1994 by Mrs Avice Hill](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Planted%20on%202nd%20December%201994%20by%20Mrs%20Avice%20Hill)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Planted%20on%202nd%20December%201994%20by%20Mrs%20Avice%20Hill)
- [Avice Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1632-avice-hill-reserve), 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 “Low 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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 September 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 13 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49938&lon=172.55819&radius=250

## Around it

- [Avice Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1632-avice-hill-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside
- [Lavendula Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1864-lavendula-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-241-burnside), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-229-christchurch-airport), track · 1.0 km
- [In Memory of / William Boag / Founding Father of Burnside](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112474-burnside-park), plaque · ~700 m
- [Geoffrey Ernest Scarr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311044-ground), plaque · ~750 m
- [Ralph L. Buckenham / 1918 — 1994 / Frith Place](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112491-burnside-park), plaque · 1.0 km
- [This Tree Was Planted in Memory of Leslie Harrow 27 Aug](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115262-avonhead-cemetery), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
340 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9050423), [5 Hidcote Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/5-hidcote-place)
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/9039626), [363 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/363-memorial-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8979703), [376 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/376-memorial-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8949385), [5 Hidcote Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/5-hidcote-place)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8929112), [33 Sir William Pickering Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/33-sir-william-pickering-drive)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8929106), [33 Sir William Pickering Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/33-sir-william-pickering-drive)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8929076), [28 Sir William Pickering Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/28-sir-william-pickering-drive)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8905512), [33 Lavandula Crescent, Burnside, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/33-lavandula-crescent)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8839024), Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8821601), [37 Roydvale Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/37-roydvale-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8716802), [363 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/363-memorial-avenue)
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8634821), [372 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burnside/372-memorial-avenue)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avice Hill Reserve 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 plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Avice Hill Reserve?**

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 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/24013-avice-hill-reserve
