# Avon Park plaque, a plaque of Avonside

A plaque of the city, standing at Avon Park in Avonside, 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: [Avon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1454-avon-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside)
- The year the register carries: 2024
- Rides on: other
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20241107/Plaque1.JPG/Plaque1.JPG

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Avon Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Avon%20Park%20plaque)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Avon%20Park%20plaque)
- [Avon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1454-avon-park), the ground’s own page
- [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside), 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 September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 21 June 2011 · ~750 m from the pin · 204 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51902&lon=172.67727&radius=250

## Around it

- [Avon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1454-avon-park), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Avon Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1130-avon-riverbank-true-left), community park · ~100 m
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Dallington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-112-avondale), track · ~300 m
- [This Footbridge Was Opened in May 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311050-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~150 m
- [Planted by Dr Keith Turner / on 3 December 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/285238-porritt-park), plaque · ~400 m
- [This Landing / Was Opened in March 2022 / Funded](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310987-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~400 m
- [In Memory of / Steve Riley / Who Died While Working](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310861-avon-riverbank-true-right), plaque · ~700 m


## The reports nearby
728 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9064707), Avon Park 37 Mabel Howard Place, Avonside, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063002), [24 Torlesse Street, Avonside, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/24-torlesse-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9056736), [750 Avonside Drive, Avonside, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/750-avonside-drive)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9056261), [750 Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/750-avonside-drive)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9032881), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9023824), [37 Mabel Howard Place, Avonside, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/37-mabel-howard-place)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9023728), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022160), [7 Mabel Howard Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/7-mabel-howard-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9020707), [714 Avonside Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonside/714-avonside-drive)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9017037), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9017015), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9013628), Darlington bridge 65 Locksley Avenue, Dallington, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avon Park in [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside), 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.

**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.


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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/311011-avon-park
