# This Plaque Commemorates the 50th Anniversary, a plaque of Wigram A plaque of the city, standing at Kingsford Smith Reserve in Wigram, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > This plaque commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landing at Wigram of the southern Cross after the first flight across the Tasman Sea on September 11th 1928 / Co-commanders Sqn. LDR. C.E. Kingsford Smith M.C.A.F.C. FLT. LT. C.T.P. ULM A.F.C. / Crew/ H.A. Litchfield Navigator / T.H. McWilliams Wireless Operator / ‘They came on the wings of the morning” 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: [Kingsford Smith Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1887-kingsford-smith-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram) - Rides on: other - Status: in service ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Plaque Commemorates the 50th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Plaque%20Commemorates%20the%2050th%20Anniversary) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Plaque%20Commemorates%20the%2050th%20Anniversary) - [Kingsford Smith Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1887-kingsford-smith-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram), 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 - [On made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill), Silt - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Kingsford Smith Landing Site - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 20 February 2016 · 1.3 km from the pin · 105 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55271&lon=172.54703&radius=250 ## Around it - [Kingsford Smith Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1887-kingsford-smith-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside - [Bennington 2 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1856-bennington-2-drainage-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Wigram](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-218-wigram), track · ~800 m - [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-222-hornby), track · ~900 m - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), track · 1.4 km - [Bennington 1 Drainage Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115924-bennington-1-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [In Remembrance of Greg Smith](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307647-marama-park), plaque · ~850 m - [commemorative Aviation Plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310953-upper-heathcote-esplanade-rese), plaque · ~950 m - [Adopt a Park the Rotary Clubs of Garden City Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/17841-westlake-reserve), plaque · 2.0 km ## The reports nearby 191 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9022288), [47 Buckhurst Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/47-buckhurst-avenue) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8982668), [4 Napier Drive, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/4-napier-drive) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8767164), [76 Mustang Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/76-mustang-avenue) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8743640), [75 Sioux Ave, ????, ?????? 8042, ???](https://www.chch.live/wigram/75-sioux-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8694111), [54 Sioux Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/54-sioux-avenue) - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8618486), [23 Bennington Way, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/23-bennington-way) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8579025), [32R Bennington Way, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/32r-bennington-way) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8486228), [86 Mustang Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/86-mustang-avenue) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8461531), [1/39 Gallaghan Close, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/1-39-gallaghan-close) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8230742), [23 Bennington Way, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/23-bennington-way) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8230704), [23 Bennington Way, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/23-bennington-way) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8083043), [32R Bennington Way, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/32r-bennington-way) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Kingsford Smith Reserve in [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram), 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. **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. --- 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/311040-kingsford-smith-reserve