Donated by the Family of Hugh and June Smith for All

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

DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF HUGH AND JUNE SMITH FOR ALL TO ENJOY

The ground

Hansen Park

The suburb

Opawa

The year

2008, the register’s commission

The register says

in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Hansen Park

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

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 Loving Memory “In loving memory of/ Dr. David E Hansen and Professor Dr. John M…”

In the archive

Documents naming Donated by the Family of Hugh and June Smith for All the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Hansen Park the park the plaque stands on Opawa 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 “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study On a plan-scheduled ecology site Heathcote River and Tributaries The plan zones this ground Open Space Water and Margins OWM The nearest recorded shake: M3.3 24 February 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 647 logged within 5 km

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

Around it

Hansen Park the sports ground park it’s inside King George V Reserve community park · under 150 m Walk and bike track through Opawa track · under 150 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Saint Martins track · under 150 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Sydenham track · ~200 m from the pin A Glass of Wine, a Quiet Smoke plaque · under 150 m In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory plaque · under 150 m In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory plaque · under 150 m H.G. Ell Memorial Gates 25 June 1984 to Commemorate plaque · ~350 m

The reports nearby

503 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 414 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure Hansen Park 16A Butler Street, Opawa · 6 October 2026

Rubbish and Bins - General Canterbury · 24 September 2026

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 23 September 2026

Hazard, vehicle Canterbury · 22 September 2026

Park - General Request Hansen Park, Butler Street, Opawa Christchurch 8022 · 16 September 2026

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 24 July 2026

Water General Canterbury · 22 July 2026

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 22 July 2026

Public Toilet 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 7 July 2026

Water Leak 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 7 July 2026

Park - General Request Canterbury · 29 June 2026

Facility - General Request 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa · 21 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 plaque. 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 2008. 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/35342-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.