# International Year of the Volunteer 2001, a plaque of Corsair Bay

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

## The words it carries

> INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER 2001

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: [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080116/00378/R0010631.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=International%20Year%20of%20the%20Volunteer%202001)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=International%20Year%20of%20the%20Volunteer%202001)
- [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay), 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

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The rockfall survey counts 72 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 33 came down · 4 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 February 2011 · ~850 m from the pin · 386 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60659&lon=172.70052&radius=250

## Around it

- [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), the community park it’s inside
- [Park Terrace Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1201-park-terrace-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · 1.3 km
- [Celebrating 100 Years of World Rotary 1905 - 2005 Rotary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1039-park-terrace-reserve), plaque · ~350 m
- [Whakaraupo Pou plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90761-whakaraupo-pou), plaque · 1.2 km
- [In Memory of John Richard Webb](https://www.chch.live/plaque/465-simeon-quay-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km
- [In Memory of Stanley James Helms 1947 - 1997 in Recognition](https://www.chch.live/plaque/481-sutton-reserve), plaque · 1.5 km


## The reports nearby
445 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8927051), 9–33 Park Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8885543), Corsair Bay Reserve Park Terrace, Corsair Bay, Christchurch 8082, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8698362), 65–69 Cressy Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8518851), [72 Park Terrace, Corsair Bay, Canterbury 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay/72-park-terrace)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8373651), 34–44 Park Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8343305), Park Tce near Cressy Tce, Canterbury Region 8082, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7999545), 56–80 Park Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7998879), [64A Park Terrace, Canterbury Region 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay/64a-park-terrace)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7982369), [66 Park Terrace, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay/66-park-terrace)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7893016), [38 Park Terrace, Canterbury Region 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay/38-park-terrace)
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7862943), Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7821356), 34–44 Park Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Corsair Bay Reserve in [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/corsair-bay), 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/244-corsair-bay-reserve
