# Proudly Donated by the de la Mare Family, a plaque of Parklands A plaque of the city, standing at Crofts Reserve in Parklands, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Proudly donated by the De La Mare family/ In loving memory of/ Roger Anthony De La Mare/ 14.11.1939 to 29.12.2022/ Owner of the Bower Egg Farm/ which stood on this site for over 40 years 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: [Crofts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1255-crofts-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands) - The year the register carries: 2025 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service ## In the archive - [Documents naming Proudly Donated by the de la Mare Family](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Proudly%20Donated%20by%20the%20de%20la%20Mare%20Family) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Proudly%20Donated%20by%20the%20de%20la%20Mare%20Family) - [Crofts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1255-crofts-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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 - [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [The liquefaction model grades it “High 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: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 February 2016 · ~750 m from the pin · 119 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.47951&lon=172.71038&radius=250 ## Around it - [Crofts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1255-crofts-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Lamorna Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1750-lamorna-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-172-bottle-lake), track · ~850 m - [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-57-parklands), track · ~850 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-159-burwood), track · 1.1 km - [‘chrysalis’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310940-parklands-library-queenspark), plaque · ~350 m - [This Playground Was Donated to Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/47297-parklands-reserve), plaque · ~550 m - [The Jolly Tractor This Colourful – Jolly Tractor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/47310-parklands-reserve), plaque · ~550 m - [In Memory of Kem Jervous‑chenery 29 August 1930 — 8 October](https://www.chch.live/plaque/44143-broadhaven-reserve), plaque · ~750 m ## The reports nearby 143 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9053860), [526 Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/526-bower-avenue) - [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/9048931), [14 Foresters Crescent, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/14-foresters-crescent) - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8418630), [6 Rue de la Mare, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/6-rue-de-la-mare) - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8145656), [9 Crofts Lane, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/9-crofts-lane) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8135790), [517 Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/517-bower-avenue) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8114713), [1 Crofts Lane, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/1-crofts-lane) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7897427), [469A Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/469a-bower-avenue) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7835463), [26 Lamorna Road, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/26-lamorna-road) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7815234), [499 Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/499-bower-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7810413), [490 Bower Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/490-bower-avenue) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7794201), [468 Bower Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/468-bower-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7695312), [7 Stoneleigh Green, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/7-stoneleigh-green) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Crofts Reserve in [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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 seat. 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 2025. 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/311046-crofts-reserve