# In Remembrance of / Matthew McEachen, a plaque of Broomfield

A plaque of the city, standing at Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve in Broomfield, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> In Remembrance Of/ MATTHEW McEACHEN/ Died as a rseult of the Christchurch/ Earthquake - 22 February 2011/ Aged 25 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: [Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1902-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield)
- The year the register carries: 2014
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Remembrance of / Matthew McEachen](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Remembrance%20of%20%2F%20Matthew%20McEachen)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Remembrance%20of%20%2F%20Matthew%20McEachen)
- [Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1902-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield), 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 “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Residential New Neighbourhood](https://www.chch.live/zones), RNN
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 August 2016 · under 150 m from the pin · 20 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52233&lon=172.52771&radius=250

## Around it

- [Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1902-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve), the community park it’s inside
- [Neathwest Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1867-neathwest-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-219-broomfield), track · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Russley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-223-russley), track · ~550 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-216-hei-hei), track · 1.1 km
- [In Commemoration of the Barr Family’S Longstanding](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310897-manakura-1-drainage-reserve), plaque · 1.1 km
- [Peebles Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310843-peebles-reserve), plaque · 1.5 km
- [Ilam Stream / Waitu-Utu: the Rebirth of a Stream](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112399-avonhead-park), plaque · 1.6 km
- [This Bench Is Presented / the Local Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311059-avonhead-park), plaque · 1.6 km


## The reports nearby
101 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/9034222), [5 Kilbrannan Cl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/5-kilbrannan-cl)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8837190), [105 Rannoch Drive, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/105-rannoch-drive)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8795949), [4 Kilbrannan Cl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/4-kilbrannan-cl)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8538150), [12 Lussa Close, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/12-lussa-close)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8436194), [5 Kilbrannan Cl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/5-kilbrannan-cl)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8395639), [115 Rannoch Drive, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/115-rannoch-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8377827), [6 Lussa Close, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/6-lussa-close)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8088274), [8 Lussa Close, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/8-lussa-close)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7958996), [103 Rannoch Drive, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/103-rannoch-drive)
- [Noise - Animal](https://www.chch.live/report/7949415), [1 Kilbrannan Close, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/1-kilbrannan-close)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7850851), [17 Ardnave Lane, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/17-ardnave-lane)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7799059), [103 Rannoch Drive, Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/103-rannoch-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve in [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield), 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 2014. 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/311071-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve
