# Millennium Tribute to Commemorate, a plaque of North New Brighton

A plaque of the city, standing at Queen Elizabeth Ii Park in North New Brighton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> Millennium tribute to commemorate / 1974 Commonwealth Games and to our / Christchurch Mayor Neville Pickering / for his vision and fortitude for the / establishment of the QEII Park Complex

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: [Queen Elizabeth Ii Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1808-queen-elizabeth-ii-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton)
- The year the register carries: 2018
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20180927/IMG_000811614/IMG_000811614.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [1974 Commonwealth Games Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310841-queen-elizabeth-ii-park), “1974 Commonwealth Games Christchurch”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Millennium Tribute to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Millennium%20Tribute%20to%20Commemorate)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Millennium%20Tribute%20to%20Commemorate)
- [Queen Elizabeth Ii Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1808-queen-elizabeth-ii-park), the ground’s own page
- [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton), 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 “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Metropolitan Facilities](https://www.chch.live/zones), OMF
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2016 · ~350 m from the pin · 155 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49345&lon=172.70584&radius=250

## Around it

- [Queen Elizabeth Ii Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1808-queen-elizabeth-ii-park), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Travis Wetland](https://www.chch.live/park/1193-travis-wetland), regional park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-160-north-new-brighton), track · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-118-burwood), track · ~300 m
- [‘poppies Over Gallipoli’ Artists: Judith Streat and Ian](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51965-poppies-over-gallipoli), plaque · ~350 m
- [Christchurch Drainage Board 1932 W.J. Walter Chairman](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51592-donnell-sports-park), plaque · ~650 m
- [Donated by the Lions Club of Christchurch Seaview 2002](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51911-anzac-drive-reserve), plaque · ~700 m
- [Donated by Ivan and Clarice Donnell Long Term Residents](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51694-donnell-sports-park), plaque · ~850 m


## The reports nearby
253 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/8957249), Stadium Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8501467), [193 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8430172), [193 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8366395), [193 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8366388), 201–205 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8366353), [193 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8348142), [193 Travis Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8348079), [193 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8281628), [193 Travis Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/193-travis-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7931812), [219 Travis Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/219-travis-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7809267), Janie Parkhouse Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7795450), [168 Travis Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton/168-travis-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Queen Elizabeth Ii Park in [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton), 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.

**Are there others at Queen Elizabeth Ii Park?**

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

**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/310840-queen-elizabeth-ii-park
