This Building Was Opened on 14 April 2014

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

THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED ON 14 APRIL 2014 BY / THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES / THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE / ON THE OCCASSION OF THEIR VISIT TO CHRISTCHURCH / Christchurch City Council

The ground

Botanic Gardens

The suburb

Christchurch Central

Rides on

other

The register says

in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Botanic Gardens

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 171

Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 76079 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 76282 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78284 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78285 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78286 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78287 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78288 its words filed unknown Botanic Gardens plaque, no. 78291 its words filed unknown

163 more names stand on the same ground, the whole roll keeps them: /plaques.

In the archive

Documents naming This Building Was Opened on 14 April 2014 the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Botanic Gardens the park the plaque stands on 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

The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding Inside a recorded flood footprint 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” the 2019 screening study The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks OCP The nearest recorded shake: M3.7 26 December 2010 · ~400 m from the pin · 113 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

Botanic Gardens the botanic park it’s inside Hagley Park North sports ground park · under 150 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · under 150 m from the pin In Memory of Rewi Alley / Planted March 25 1988 plaque · under 150 m Botanic Gardens Rose Garden Su plaque plaque · ~150 m This Tree Is Planted / to Celebrate / the Birth plaque · ~200 m To Commemorate the Golden Jubilee plaque · ~250 m

The reports nearby

423 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 304 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Dumped Rubbish 7 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 16 September 2026

Public Toilet 14 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 9 September 2026

Road Blockage 14 Riccarton Ave · 7 September 2026

Park - General Request 8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 6 September 2026

Hazard, vehicle 8 Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8013 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 17 August 2026

Public Toilet Armagh St Bridge · 13 August 2026

Pavement - General 8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 9 August 2026

Hazard, vehicle Canterbury · 2 August 2026

Graffiti on a playground or in a park Armagh St Bridge · 31 July 2026

Litter 33O Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 29 July 2026

Litter 16 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 29 July 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Botanic Gardens 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 Botanic Gardens?

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

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service. 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/310849-botanic-gardens.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.