# In Remembrance of Greg Smith, a plaque of Wigram

A plaque of the city, standing at Marama Park in Wigram, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> In remembrance of Greg Smith / Land Surveyor from Eliot Sinclair & Partners / Greg helped shape the landscape we see here today at Wigram Skies and will be fondly remembered by his friends and colleagues. / 1972 – 2017

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: Marama Park
- The suburb: [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram)
- The year the register carries: 2018
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20180626/IMG_00261938/IMG_00261938.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Remembrance of Greg Smith](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Remembrance%20of%20Greg%20Smith)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Remembrance%20of%20Greg%20Smith)
- [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram), 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 liquefaction model grades it “Low 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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 September 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 100 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54994&lon=172.55696&radius=250

## Around it

- [Hayton Stream 1 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1593-hayton-stream-1-drainage-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Raukura Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1840-raukura-park), community park · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Wigram](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-218-wigram), track · ~850 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-253-hillmorton), track · ~900 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), track · 1.1 km
- [This Plaque Commemorates the 50th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311040-kingsford-smith-reserve), plaque · ~850 m
- [commemorative Aviation Plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310953-upper-heathcote-esplanade-rese), plaque · 1.0 km
- [Bennington 1 Drainage Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115924-bennington-1-drainage-reserve), plaque · 1.1 km
- [This Podocarpus Totara](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310354-canterbury-agricultural-park), plaque · 1.9 km


## The reports nearby
152 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9004376), [5 Echelon Drive, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/5-echelon-drive)
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8862055), [67 Skyhawk Road, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/67-skyhawk-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8802609), 176–198 Kittyhawk Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8743639), 122–146 The Runway, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8742175), [88 Skyhawk Road, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/88-skyhawk-road)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8740901), [181 Kittyhawk Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/181-kittyhawk-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8740884), [181 Kittyhawk Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/181-kittyhawk-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8735243), [10 Mackay St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/10-mackay-street)
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8729243), [93 The Runway, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/93-the-runway)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8662091), [10 Mackay St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/10-mackay-street)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8588777), [89 Skyhawk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/89-skyhawk-road)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8536727), [92 Skyhawk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/92-skyhawk-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Marama Park in [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram), 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 2018. 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/307647-marama-park
