# Canterbury Herb Society, 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 > CANTERBURY HERB SOCIETY 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/20080820/00377/R0031164.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Planted on 2nd December 1994 by Mrs Avice Hill](https://www.chch.live/plaque/24013-avice-hill-reserve), “PLANTED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1994 BY MRS AVICE HILL TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF T…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Canterbury Herb Society](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Canterbury%20Herb%20Society) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Canterbury%20Herb%20Society) - [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 · 1.3 km from the pin · 13 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49925&lon=172.55791&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 · 1.1 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 321 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. --- 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/24131-avice-hill-reserve