# Kennedys Bush plaque, a plaque of Governors Bay A plaque of the city, standing at Kennedys Bush in Governors Bay, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries Filed "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. - The ground: [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay) - The year the register carries: 2024 - Rides on: wall - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20241022/K13Plaque_2_Photo1/K13Plaque_2_Photo1.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Loving Memory / of / Norman Roberts](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311076-kennedys-bush), “In Loving Memory/ of/ NORMAN ROBERTS/ 15.2.1915 - 16.11.2010/ Friend of the Summ…” - [In Loving Memory / of / Bettyroberts](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311077-kennedys-bush), “In Loving Memory/ of/ BETTYROBERTS/ 21.6.1919 - 10.9.2008/ Friend of the Summit…” - [John Joseph Connor / Dougal John Lang Connor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311078-kennedys-bush), “JOHN JOSEPH CONNOR/ DOUGAL JOHN LANG CONNOR/ SHANNAGH PIRIMIA ROIRI” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Kennedys Bush plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Kennedys%20Bush%20plaque) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Kennedys%20Bush%20plaque) - [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), the ground’s own page - [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), 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 - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The rockfall survey counts 3 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 1 wobbles easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 211 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.63225&lon=172.626&radius=250 ## Around it - [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), regional park · under 150 m - [Orongomai Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1452-orongomai-reserve), regional park · ~200 m - [International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), plaque · 1.7 km - [The Parkinson Memorial Park Trust Assisted in This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/953-cholmondeley-reserve), plaque · 1.9 km - [Pat Parkinson on the Occasion of Opening the Restored Old](https://www.chch.live/plaque/947-cholmondeley-reserve), plaque · 1.9 km - [Playhut Donated to the Governors Bay Preschool by Jamie](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1335-allandale-domain), plaque · 2.2 km ## The reports nearby 10 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7619208), Allandale 8971, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6294769), John Jameson Lookout, Allandale, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4509252), 9J9G+48, Allandale 8971, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2934193), 9J9G+48, Allandale 8971, New Zealand - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1346032), The Crater Rim Walkway, Allandale, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/938470), Allandale, 8971, Canterbury - [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/590233), Summit Rd, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 7672, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/484940), [512 Summit Rd, Lansdowne 7672, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/512-summit-road) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/422621), Summit Rd, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 7672, New Zealand - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/377617), The Crater Rim Walkway, Allandale, 8971, Canterbury ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Kennedys Bush in [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The surveyor filed the inscription as "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real. **Are there others at Kennedys Bush?** 4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2024. 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/311009-kennedys-bush