# In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993, a plaque of Akaroa A plaque of the city, standing at Akaroa Recreation Ground in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > In Loving Memory LEN BLOMQUIST 1902 - 1993 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: [Akaroa Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1018-akaroa-recreation-ground), 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/20080310/00378/R0014396.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Memory of Dave & Doris Woodill Donated by the Woodill](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4681-akaroa-recreation-ground), “IN MEMORY OF DAVE & DORIS WOODILL Donated by the Woodill Family 1996” - [To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4808-akaroa-recreation-ground), “To Commemorate AKAROA CRICKET CLUB CENTENNIAL 24 FEBRUARY 1995” - [Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a Life](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4810-akaroa-recreation-ground), “Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both had a life long interest in the…” - [In Memory of Ted Armstrong 1912 - 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4813-akaroa-recreation-ground), “In Memory Of TED ARMSTRONG 1912 - 1995” - [An Akaroa and Bays Lions Project](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310714-akaroa-recreation-ground), “AN AKAROA AND BAYS LIONS PROJECT” ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20Len%20Blomquist%201902%20-%201993) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20Len%20Blomquist%201902%20-%201993) - [Akaroa Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1018-akaroa-recreation-ground), 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 · 3.1 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.80189&lon=172.9694&radius=250 ## Around it - [Akaroa Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1018-akaroa-recreation-ground), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Akaroa Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/972-akaroa-boat-park), community park · under 150 m - [In Loving Memory of Gerhard Ten Hove 1939 - 2000 Given](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4815-akaroa-boat-park), plaque · ~150 m - [Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5258-akaroa-bowling-green), plaque · ~200 m - [In Loving Memory of our Dear Friend Bernard Poujol Port De](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5357-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [Old French Burial Ground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5365-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 281 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/8795915), [28B Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28b-rue-jolie) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8703554), Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8632403), [31 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/31-rue-lavaud) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8631787), [31 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/31-rue-lavaud) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8522122), [28 Rue Grehan, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-grehan) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8488519), [12 Rue Lavaud, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/12-rue-lavaud) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8444491), [40 Rue Brittan, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-brittan) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8427749), [28 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-jolie) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8409392), [28 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-lavaud) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8375280), [28C Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28c-rue-jolie) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8358120), Rue Brittan, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8349660), [40C Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40c-rue-lavaud) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Akaroa Recreation Ground 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. **Are there others at Akaroa Recreation Ground?** 6 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **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. --- 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/4672-akaroa-recreation-ground