# Riverlea Estates Reserve This Reserve Was Donated, a plaque of Kainga

A plaque of the city, standing at Riverlea Estates Reserve in Kainga, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> RIVERLEA ESTATES RESERVE THIS RESERVE WAS DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH BY RIVERLEA ESTATES INC. (1980–2007)

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: [Riverlea Estates Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1603-riverlea-estates-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090227/00377/R0046810.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Riverlea Estates Reserve This Reserve Was Donated](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Riverlea%20Estates%20Reserve%20This%20Reserve%20Was%20Donated)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Riverlea%20Estates%20Reserve%20This%20Reserve%20Was%20Donated)
- [Riverlea Estates Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1603-riverlea-estates-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga), 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: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 September 2010 · ~750 m from the pin · 7 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.40382&lon=172.67022&radius=250

## Around it

- [Riverlea Estates Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1603-riverlea-estates-reserve), the community park it’s inside
- [Riverlea Recreation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/907-riverlea-recreation-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Short Walk](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1206-short-walk), track · ~500 m
- [Combined Mtb And Walk](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1203-combined-mtb-and-walk), track · ~500 m
- [Riverlea Estates (Inc) 1980 — 2007 This Plaque Is Sponsored](https://www.chch.live/plaque/37522-riverlea-recreation-reserve), plaque · ~400 m
- [Dedicated in July 2007 to the Memory of Margaret Bashford](https://www.chch.live/plaque/11600-brooklands-domain), plaque · 2.2 km
- [This Project Was Initiated by the Shirley Papanui Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/11625-brooklands-domain), plaque · 2.3 km
- [Coutts Island War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/10260-coutts-island-war-memorial), plaque · 4.6 km


## The reports nearby
20 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8037229), [30 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/30-pine-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8013167), [70 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/70-riverlea-estate-drive)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5820041), [35 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/35-pine-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4999368), [80 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/80-pine-avenue)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3949027), [40 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/40-pine-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3868250), [158 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/158-riverlea-estate-drive)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3762179), [40 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/40-pine-avenue)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3386448), [69 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/69-riverlea-estate-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2881782), [69 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/69-riverlea-estate-drive)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2523774), [69 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/69-riverlea-estate-drive)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2061811), [23 Pine Avenue, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/23-pine-avenue)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1644517), [69 Riverlea Estate Drive, Kainga, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/kainga/69-riverlea-estate-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Riverlea Estates Reserve in [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga), 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 2009. 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/41140-riverlea-estates-reserve
