# The Planting of 20 Tōtara Trees on This Site Was Initiated, a plaque of Redwood

A plaque of the city, standing at Murchison Park in Redwood, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> The planting of 20 Tōtara Trees on this site was initiated and carried out by the Shirley Papanui Community board as a 2000 project. The trees were planted on 22 June 2000

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: [Murchison Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1671-murchison-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood)
- The year the register carries: 2015
- Rides on: other
- Status: in service

## In the archive

- [Documents naming The Planting of 20 Tōtara Trees on This Site Was Initiated](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Planting%20of%2020%20T%C5%8Dtara%20Trees%20on%20This%20Site%20Was%20Initiated)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Planting%20of%2020%20T%C5%8Dtara%20Trees%20on%20This%20Site%20Was%20Initiated)
- [Murchison Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1671-murchison-park), the ground’s own page
- [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood), 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 liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](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: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 31 December 2010 · 1.8 km from the pin · 18 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.47008&lon=172.62291&radius=250

## Around it

- [Murchison Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1671-murchison-park), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Vaughan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1498-vaughan-reserve), community park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-436-belfast), track · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-389-casebrook), track · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Redwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-411-redwood), track · ~750 m
- [O'Neill Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115825-o-neill-reserve), plaque · 1.1 km
- [Keith Owen Mitchell and Grandson Judah](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311066-owen-mitchell-park), plaque · 1.2 km
- [These Two Tables / Donated by Family, Friends](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90364-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km
- [Commemorating / Adrienne Stanleys / 11 Years Voluntary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90362-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
218 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9074742), [46 Lowry Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46-lowry-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9013064), [14 Pyatt Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/14-pyatt-place)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8943941), [56 Lowry Avenue, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/56-lowry-avenue)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8843036), [51 Solomon Avenue, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/51-solomon-avenue)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8796501), [46 Lowry Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46-lowry-avenue)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8796193), [46 Lowry Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46-lowry-avenue)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8750799), [56 Lowry Avenue, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/56-lowry-avenue)
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8703004), [46 Lowry Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46-lowry-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8502471), [46 Lowry Avenue, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46-lowry-avenue)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8379645), [10 Goodall Place, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/10-goodall-place)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8305742), [11 Monteath Place, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/11-monteath-place)
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8259717), [64 Farquhars Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/64-farquhars-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Murchison Park in [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood), 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, commissioned 2015. 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/311047-murchison-park
