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The Gallipoli Pine / Turkish Red Pine – Pinus Brutia

A plaque at Park Of Remembrance, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

THE GALLIPOLI PINE / Turkish red pine – Pinus brutia / Planted by the Hon. Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, on Poppy Day, 17 April 2015 / to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings. / 1915 / 2015 / This tree is descended from the original Lone Pine at Gallipoli and was kindly donated by the New Zealand Forest Research Institute.
The ground
Park Of Remembrance
The suburb
Christchurch Central
The year
2016, the register’s commission
Rides on
other
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Park Of Remembrance

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names

Park of Remembrance plaque the surveyor’s note: illegible – small tree plaque near ‘BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE’ sign The Somme “THE SOMME / This tree was planted to commemorate the 100th anniv…” The Citizens of Christchurch / Proudly Recognise “THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH / PROUDLY RECOGNISE THE / ANNIVERSA…” The Bridge of Remembrance / Re-Opened As a Pedestrian Area “THE BRIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE / RE-OPENED AS A PEDESTRIAN AREA / BY …”

In the archive

Documents naming The Gallipoli Pine / Turkish Red Pine – Pinus Brutia the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Christchurch Central 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 Avon River, the managed reach The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground Puāri Pā Inside a kept landscape, SF8.2 - Significant Feature the landscape schedule A plan matter touches it, Heritage Setting Heritage The plan zones this ground Avon River Precinct (Te Papa Otakaro) ARP The nearest recorded shake: M4 27 December 2010 · ~250 m from the pin · 163 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Bridge Of Remembrance botanic park · under 150 m Friendship Corner botanic park · under 150 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · under 150 m from the pin World War II / 1939 – 1945 / in Memory of Members plaque · under 150 m Bridge of Remembrance plaque plaque · under 150 m Erected by the Citizens of Christchurch in Grateful plaque · under 150 m There'S Rosemary That'S for Remembrance plaque · under 150 m

The reports nearby

6,046 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,089 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Pavement - Damaged 112 Oxford Tce · 14 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 95A Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City · 14 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 95A Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City · 14 October 2026
Pavement - General 60 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City · 13 October 2026
Pavement - Damaged 48 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City · 11 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 86 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City · 11 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 115 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City · 8 October 2026
Hazard, vehicle 88 Worcester St · 8 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 262A Montreal St · 7 October 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 262A Montreal St · 7 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 44B Hereford St · 7 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 39 Hereford St · 7 October 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Park Of Remembrance in Christchurch Central, 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 other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

Are there others at Park Of Remembrance?

5 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2016. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/283576-park-of-remembrance.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.