# In Memory of / Steve Riley / Who Died While Working, a plaque of Avondale A plaque of the city, standing at Avon Riverbank True Right in Avondale, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > IN MEMORY OF / STEVE RILEY / WHO DIED WHILE WORKING / NEAR HERE / 25th SEPTEMBER 1996 / ERECTED BY THE / CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL 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: [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale) - The year the register carries: 2018 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20190723/Plaque2307438/Plaque2307438.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Memory of / Steve Riley / Who Died While Working](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Steve%20Riley%20%2F%20Who%20Died%20While%20Working) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Steve%20Riley%20%2F%20Who%20Died%20While%20Working) - [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), the ground’s own page - [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale), 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 September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPOA - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 February 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 195 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51437&lon=172.68289&radius=250 ## Around it - [Porritt Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1744-porritt-park), sports ground park · under 150 m - [Avon Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1130-avon-riverbank-true-left), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-115-avondale), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Dallington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), track · ~350 m - [Planted by Dr Keith Turner / on 3 December 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/285238-porritt-park), plaque · ~350 m - [Bickerton Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/109283-bickerton-reserve), plaque · ~400 m - [Bickerton Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/109284-bickerton-reserve), plaque · ~400 m - [Professor Alexander William Bickerton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/109285-bickerton-reserve), plaque · ~400 m ## The reports nearby 129 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9092298), [958 Avonside Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/958-avonside-drive) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9079780), [960 Avonside Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/960-avonside-drive) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9078412), [960 Avonside Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/960-avonside-drive) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9022913), [875D Avonside Drive, Wainoni, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/875d-avonside-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8925125), [875D Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/875d-avonside-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8630687), [875 Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/875-avonside-drive) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8121841), [70 Pembroke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/70-pembroke-street) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8041754), [875 Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/875-avonside-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7985514), [950 Avonside Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/950-avonside-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7943224), [875 Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/875-avonside-drive) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7849903), [946 Avonside Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/946-avonside-drive) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7768845), [934B Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avondale/934b-avonside-drive) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avon Riverbank True Right in [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale), 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 2018. 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/310861-avon-riverbank-true-right