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In Loving Memory

A plaque at Hansen Park, standing in Opawa. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

In loving memory of/ Dr. David E Hansen and Professor Dr. John M Hansen,/ father and son who dedicated their lives to helping others./ Jo Ann, Douglas, David Hansen
The ground
Hansen Park
The suburb
Opawa
The year
2026, the register’s commission
Rides on
seat
The register says
in service

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names

In the archive

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

466 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 385 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Water Leak Canterbury · 2 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish 40 Butler Street, Opawa · 26 September 2026
Park - General Request Hansen Park, Butler Street, Opawa Christchurch 8022 · 16 September 2026
Trees - General Hansen Park 16A Butler Street, Opawa · 16 September 2026
Trees - General 48 Butler Street, Opawa · 11 September 2026
Water Leak Hansen Park 16A Butler Street, Opawa · 11 September 2026
Park - General Request Hansen Park 16A Butler Street, Opawa · 31 July 2026
Water General Canterbury · 22 July 2026
Water Leak 42 Butler Street, Opawa · 29 June 2026
Park - General Request Canterbury · 29 June 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Hansen Park in Opawa, 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.

Are there others at Hansen Park?

2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2026. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/311056-hansen-park.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.