# Millbrook Reserve plaque, a plaque of Merivale

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

## The words it carries

Filed "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it.

- The ground: [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: out of service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090228/00377/R0046923.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [In Fond Memory of Miss Betty Hart 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41206-millbrook-reserve), “IN FOND MEMORY OF MISS BETTY HART 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003 LONG STANDING MEMBER OF…”
- [In Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311054-millbrook-reserve), “In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Millbrook Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Millbrook%20Reserve%20plaque)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Millbrook%20Reserve%20plaque)
- [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 70 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5225&lon=172.61741&radius=250

## Around it

- [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), botanic park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-434-christchurch-central-city), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), track · under 150 m
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/76080-little-hagley-park), plaque · under 150 m
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/70499-little-hagley-park), plaque · ~150 m
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/287220-little-hagley-park), plaque · ~200 m
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115800-little-hagley-park), plaque · ~500 m


## The reports nearby
409 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9087658), [3 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9083763), [3 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9074338), [2 Rhodes St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-rhodes-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8958994), [21 Carlton Mill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/21-carlton-mill-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8927816), [16 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-rossall-street)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8907686), [38 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-rossall-street)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8714296), Millbrook Reserve 3 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8673513), [4 Desmond Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-desmond-street)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8659169), [3 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8644298), [3 Rossall St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8525678), [33 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-rossall-street)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8389032), [12 Hewitts Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/12-hewitts-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Millbrook Reserve in [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The surveyor filed the inscription as "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real.

**Are there others at Millbrook Reserve?**

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

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it out of service, commissioned 2009. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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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/41187-millbrook-reserve
