# This Feature Was Donated to the City of Christchurch, a plaque of Riccarton A plaque of the city, standing at Mandeville Reserve in Riccarton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS FEATURE WAS DONATED TO THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH IN 1969 BY JOHN HEATON RHODES 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: [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Rides on: wall - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100507/CityCare/image 080.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Feature Was Donated to the City of Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Feature%20Was%20Donated%20to%20the%20City%20of%20Christchurch) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Feature%20Was%20Donated%20to%20the%20City%20of%20Christchurch) - [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [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: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~700 m from the pin · 79 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52944&lon=172.60631&radius=250 ## Around it - [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-362-riccarton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-327-fendalton), track · ~300 m - [Planted by / W.D.F.F. / to Commemorate the / Coronation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72282-hagley-park-south), plaque · ~500 m - [Hagley Park South plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72275-hagley-park-south), plaque · ~500 m - [The Dynes Memorial Gates / Erected by Martha Dynes Gray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75827-hagley-park-north), plaque · ~550 m - [A Deans Avenue Precinct Society Project / Supported](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72319-hagley-park-south), plaque · ~600 m ## The reports nearby 1,170 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9082947), [28 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/28-riccarton-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9053448), [1 Nelson Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-nelson-street) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033620), [32 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/32-riccarton-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033597), [62 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/62-riccarton-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8992529), Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8945462), [97 Mandeville Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/97-mandeville-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8935726), [77 Picton Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/77-picton-avenue) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8924400), Mandeville Reserve 57 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8889749), [89B Mandeville Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/89b-mandeville-street) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8882712), [2 Harakeke Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/2-harakeke-street) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8776617), [89B Mandeville Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/89b-mandeville-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8741715), [15A Harakeke Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/15a-harakeke-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Mandeville Reserve in [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 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 wall. 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. --- 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/27127-mandeville-reserve