# St. Martins Park Opened Dec, a plaque of Saint Martins A plaque of the city, standing at St Martins Park in Saint Martins, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > ST. MARTINS PARK OPENED DEC. 6 1952 BY THE MAYOR OF CHRISTCHURCH R.M. MACFARLANE ESC. / RESERVES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN M.B. HOWARD / PARKS & RESERVES DIRECTOR M.J. BARNETT M.B.E. 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: [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1266-st-martins-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20081005/00378/R0033131.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming St. Martins Park Opened Dec](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=St.%20Martins%20Park%20Opened%20Dec) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=St.%20Martins%20Park%20Opened%20Dec) - [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1266-st-martins-park), the ground’s own page - [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins), 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 rockfall survey counts 9 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 6 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 25 February 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 602 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55826&lon=172.65116&radius=250 ## Around it - [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1266-st-martins-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Palatine Native Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1499-palatine-native-reserve), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-551-saint-martins), track · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), track · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), track · ~200 m - [In Memory of Owen Wilkes 1940 — 2005 International Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33683-beckenham-park), plaque · ~450 m - [This Tree Was Planted in Loving Memory of Lynn Taylor 1950](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33695-beckenham-park), plaque · ~500 m - [Arbor Day 1950 Planted to Commemorate the Centennial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33904-beckenham-park), plaque · ~550 m - [Waltham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/32724-waltham-park), plaque · ~550 m ## The reports nearby 612 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9087686), [123A Wilsons Road South, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/123a-wilsons-road-south) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9026581), St Martins Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9019046), [24 St Martins Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/24-st-martins-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8959645), [22 Gamblins Road, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/22-gamblins-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8928955), [3 Wades Avenue, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/3-wades-avenue) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8919536), [28 St Martins Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/28-st-martins-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8871216), [121 Wilsons Road South, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/121-wilsons-road-south) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8845827), [21 St Martins Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/21-st-martins-road) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8800097), [22 Gamblins Road, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/22-gamblins-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8793718), [30 Gamblins Road, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/30-gamblins-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8783140), [30 Gamblins Road, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/30-gamblins-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8777387), [28 Gamblins Road, St Martins, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/28-gamblins-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at St Martins Park in [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins), 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 rock. 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 2003. 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/30267-st-martins-park