# Aranui War Memorial Recreation Reserve This Memorial, a plaque of Aranui A plaque of the city, standing at Aranui Playground in Aranui, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > ARANUI WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN THE 1939–45 WORLD WAR 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: [Aranui Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1204-aranui-playground), the park it stands on - 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/20090509/00378/R0043533.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Aranui War Memorial Recreation Reserve This Memorial](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Aranui%20War%20Memorial%20Recreation%20Reserve%20This%20Memorial) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Aranui%20War%20Memorial%20Recreation%20Reserve%20This%20Memorial) - [Aranui Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1204-aranui-playground), the ground’s own page - [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 - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [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 “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [A plan matter touches it, Waste Water Constraint Area](https://www.chch.live/matters), Infrastructure - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M4.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 20 March 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 281 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51775&lon=172.70256&radius=250 ## Around it - [Aranui Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1204-aranui-playground), the community park it’s inside - [Mchaffies Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/990-mchaffies-reserve), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-141-aranui), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Bexley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-161-bexley), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-134-wainoni), track · under 150 m - [Unification All Cultures United in Aranui Artist Raphael](https://www.chch.live/plaque/46114-unification), plaque · ~600 m - [Christchurch City Council / Cuthberts Green Sports Centre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/70214-cuthberts-green), plaque · ~700 m - [In Loving Memory of / Nigel Grant Mahan / 1970 – 2021](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310990-bexley-park), plaque · 1.1 km - [Bexley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/67950-bexley-park), plaque · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 352 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9021120), [302 Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/302-breezes-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9021086), [328E Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/328e-breezes-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9011977), [335 Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/335-pages-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9006199), [337A Pages Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/337a-pages-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8986621), [352 Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/352-pages-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8984986), [287 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/287-breezes-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8922071), [331 Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/331-pages-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8860936), [331 Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/331-pages-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8860932), [291 Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/291-breezes-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8860930), [291 Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/291-breezes-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8860926), [291 Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/291-breezes-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8860924), [331 Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/331-pages-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Aranui Playground 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. --- 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/46604-aranui-playground