# Unification All Cultures United in Aranui Artist Raphael, a plaque of Aranui

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

## The words it carries

> UNIFICATION ALL CULTURES UNITED IN ARANUI ARTIST RAPHAEL STOWERS UNVEILED 2ND MARCH 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: Unification
- The suburb: [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090501/00378/R0042615.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Unification All Cultures United in Aranui Artist Raphael](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Unification%20All%20Cultures%20United%20in%20Aranui%20Artist%20Raphael)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Unification%20All%20Cultures%20United%20in%20Aranui%20Artist%20Raphael)
- [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui), 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 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: M4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 255 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51246&lon=172.70037&radius=250

## Around it

- [Wainoni Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1395-wainoni-park), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Mchaffies Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/990-mchaffies-reserve), community park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-141-aranui), track · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-138-avondale), track · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bexley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-161-bexley), track · ~550 m
- [Aranui War Memorial Recreation Reserve This Memorial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/46604-aranui-playground), plaque · ~600 m
- [Christchurch City Council / Cuthberts Green Sports Centre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/70214-cuthberts-green), plaque · 1.1 km
- [Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51043-cockayne-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km
- [Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51036-cockayne-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km


## The reports nearby
729 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9055725), [109 Aldershot St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/109-aldershot-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9032885), Wainoni Park 31 Hampshire Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8965368), [25 Hampshire St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/25-hampshire-street)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8932142), Wainoni Park 31 Hampshire Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8849667), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8849271), [56 Lyndhurst Crescent, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/56-lyndhurst-crescent)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8831217), [31 Hampshire St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/31-hampshire-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8717722), [11 Hampshire Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/11-hampshire-street)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8564279), Wainoni Park 31 Hampshire Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8564251), [31 Hampshire Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/31-hampshire-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8500752), [52 Portsmouth Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/52-portsmouth-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8498168), [15 Hampshire St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/15-hampshire-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Unification in [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui), 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 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/46114-unification
