# In Memory of Maude McGuinnety Loved Wife of Eddie Both, a plaque of Akaroa

A plaque of the city, standing at Rue Balguerie Playground in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> IN MEMORY OF MAUDE MCGUINNETY Loved Wife of Eddie Both from Scotland RIP

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: [Rue Balguerie Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1290-rue-balguerie-playground), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080306/00377/R0012809.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Memory of Maude McGuinnety Loved Wife of Eddie Both](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Maude%20McGuinnety%20Loved%20Wife%20of%20Eddie%20Both)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Maude%20McGuinnety%20Loved%20Wife%20of%20Eddie%20Both)
- [Rue Balguerie Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1290-rue-balguerie-playground), the ground’s own page
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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

- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 3.3 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.80523&lon=172.966&radius=250

## Around it

- [Rue Balguerie Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1290-rue-balguerie-playground), the botanic park it’s inside
- [Rue Balguerie Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1732-rue-balguerie-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [To the Children of This Village May the Joy That You Share](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4537-rue-balguerie-playground-dolph), plaque · under 150 m
- [Cenotaph War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4960-cenotaph-war-memorial), plaque · under 150 m
- [Akaroa War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5012-akaroa-war-memorial), plaque · under 150 m
- [Their Bodies Are Buried in Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5014-akaroa-war-memorial), plaque · under 150 m


## The reports nearby
272 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8863176), [57 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/57-rue-lavaud)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8828396), [4 Rue Balguerie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/4-rue-balguerie)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8790582), 5–9 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8774866), [66 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/66-rue-lavaud)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8429782), [4 Rue Balguerie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/4-rue-balguerie)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8424264), [58 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/58-rue-lavaud)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8238135), [63 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/63-rue-lavaud)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8176329), [80 Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/80-rue-jolie)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8136177), [66 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/66-rue-lavaud)
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/7988934), [4 Rue Balguerie, Canterbury, Banks Peninsula Ward 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/4-rue-balguerie)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7987822), [82 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/82-rue-lavaud)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7963757), [66 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/66-rue-lavaud)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Rue Balguerie Playground in [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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.

**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.


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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/4539-rue-balguerie-playground
