# These Swings Are a Gift From Reuben, for Everyone to Enjoy, a plaque of Redcliffs A plaque of the city, standing at Te Papa Kura Redcliffs Park in Redcliffs, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > These swings are a gift from Reuben, for everyone to enjoy. / Reuben Murray Smith / 24.1.2019 - 17.12.2020 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: Te Papa Kura Redcliffs Park - The suburb: [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs) - The year the register carries: 1899 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20220301/Plaque010314/Plaque010314.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming These Swings Are a Gift From Reuben, for Everyone to Enjoy](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=These%20Swings%20Are%20a%20Gift%20From%20Reuben%2C%20for%20Everyone%20to%20Enjoy) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=These%20Swings%20Are%20a%20Gift%20From%20Reuben%2C%20for%20Everyone%20to%20Enjoy) - [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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 - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 28 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 27 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.8](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 600 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55959&lon=172.73512&radius=250 ## Around it - [Redcliffs Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1468-redcliffs-park), sports ground park · ~200 m - [Balmoral Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1614-balmoral-hill-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m - [Dunkeld Meeting Place Opened by Anthony Docherty Deputy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55227-balmoral-hill-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [Donated by the Family of Dennis and Eilene Watson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95219-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~400 m - [Presented by / the Lions Club / Place Name](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310979-redcliffs-public-library), plaque · ~400 m - [In Memory of / Shirley Williams](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310982-redcliffs-public-library), plaque · ~400 m ## The reports nearby 410 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9081868), Main Rd near Celia St, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9056008), [8 Raekura Place, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/8-raekura-place) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9054221), [30 Raekura Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/30-raekura-place) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9052284), [128 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/128-main-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8967832), [150 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, Nouvelle-Zélande](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/150-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8912242), [71 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/71-main-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8895345), [126 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/126-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8832352), [58 Celia St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/58-celia-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8825844), [28 Raekura Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/28-raekura-place) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8775909), [142 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/142-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8679182), [22 Taupata St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/22-taupata-street) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8669808), [142 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/142-main-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Te Papa Kura Redcliffs Park in [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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 1899. 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/310954-te-papa-kura-redcliffs-park