# This Anchor Was Recovered Near the Wainui Wharf in 1980, a plaque of Wainui A plaque of the city, standing at Wainui Wharf Anchor in Wainui, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS ANCHOR WAS RECOVERED NEAR THE WAINUI WHARF IN 1980 BY LOCAL RESIDENTS DAVID AND RICHARD EVANS ACCORDING TO THE LATE KELLY TARLTON IT WAS HAND FORGED AND DATED PRIOR TO 1840 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: Wainui Wharf Anchor - The suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080213/00378/R0012327.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Anchor Was Recovered Near the Wainui Wharf in 1980](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Anchor%20Was%20Recovered%20Near%20the%20Wainui%20Wharf%20in%201980) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Anchor%20Was%20Recovered%20Near%20the%20Wainui%20Wharf%20in%201980) - [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), 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), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [Inside a kept landscape, Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 2.7 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.81329&lon=172.90624&radius=250 ## Around it - [Stanbury Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1598-stanbury-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Wainui Main Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1113-wainui-main-road-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Here on 11 August 1840 Captain Owen Stanley](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5772-britomart-monument), plaque · 3.4 km - [Britomart Monument plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5773-britomart-monument), plaque · 3.4 km - [To Mark 150 Years Since the Landing of Chief Police](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5771-britomart-monument), plaque · 3.4 km - [In Memory of Bill Davey 1927–1995 Erected by His Family](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5860-akaroa-anglican-cemetery), plaque · 4.0 km ## The reports nearby 46 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8583252), [20 Cemetery Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/20-cemetery-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8336395), [792/730 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/792-730-wainui-main-road) - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8103916), [792-730 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/792-730-wainui-main-road) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7823112), [4 Cemetery Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/4-cemetery-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7570047), [28 Seaview Lane, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/28-seaview-lane) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7231202), [728 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/728-wainui-main-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7214060), [711 Wainui Main Rd, Canterbury, Banks Peninsula Ward 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/711-wainui-main-road) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6248728), [758 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/758-wainui-main-road) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6247478), [711 Wainui Main Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/711-wainui-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6070907), Stanbury Reserve 772 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6066631), Stanbury Reserve 772 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5773576), [792/730 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/792-730-wainui-main-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Wainui Wharf Anchor in [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), 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. --- 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/2872-wainui-wharf-anchor