# This Gingko and Bench Are Donated by Family, Friends, a plaque of Cashmere A plaque of the city, standing at Cracroft Reserve in Cashmere, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS GINGKO AND BENCH ARE DONATED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS & C.C.C. THEY COMMEMORATE JOHN WARDLE (5-2-1950 — 8-9-1997) AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS 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: [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1613-cracroft-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20081110/00377/R0037414.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Memoriam the Erie Munro Playground 1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33269-cracroft-reserve), “IN MEMORIAM THE ERIE MUNRO PLAYGROUND 1934” - [Cracroft Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112574-cracroft-reserve), the surveyor’s note: illegible – ground plaque near tree - [Planted on 21st February 1998 / by John William Jameson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112575-cracroft-reserve), “PLANTED ON 21ST FEBRUARY 1998 / BY JOHN WILLIAM JAMESON / TO COMMEMORATE THE 50T…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Gingko and Bench Are Donated by Family, Friends](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Gingko%20and%20Bench%20Are%20Donated%20by%20Family%2C%20Friends) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Gingko%20and%20Bench%20Are%20Donated%20by%20Family%2C%20Friends) - [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1613-cracroft-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 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 - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](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 rockfall survey counts 13 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 7 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 607 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.58098&lon=172.63533&radius=250 ## Around it - [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1613-cracroft-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside - [Elizabeth Park](https://www.chch.live/park/931-elizabeth-park), regional park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-537-cashmere), track · ~950 m - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham), track · 1.3 km - [This Olive Tree Was Planted on / 20th May 1984](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84766-elizabeth-park), plaque · ~250 m - [This Seat Was Presented by the Women Descendants](https://www.chch.live/plaque/32298-cashmere-village-green), plaque · ~850 m - [This Seat Was Presented by the Women Descendants](https://www.chch.live/plaque/32284-cashmere-village-green), plaque · ~850 m - [A Ngati Mamoe and Ngai Tahu Trail Once Crossed This Land](https://www.chch.live/plaque/32291-cashmere-village-green), plaque · ~850 m ## The reports nearby 446 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9053445), [2 Pentre Terrace, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/2-pentre-terrace) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9022739), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9004233), [199 Hackthorne Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/199-hackthorne-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8955046), [175 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/175-hackthorne-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8892543), [16A Takahe Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/16a-takahe-drive) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8883815), [200A Hackthorne Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/200a-hackthorne-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8883274), [176 Hackthorne Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/176-hackthorne-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8855569), [177A Hackthorne Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/177a-hackthorne-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8836227), 168–176 Hackthorne Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8790988), [1 Pentre Terrace, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/1-pentre-terrace) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8772549), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8771565), Cashmere, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Cracroft Reserve in [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 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 plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Cracroft Reserve?** 4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2003. 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/33386-cracroft-reserve