# The Jolly Tractor This Colourful – Jolly Tractor, a plaque of Parklands A plaque of the city, standing at Parklands Reserve in Parklands, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THE JOLLY TRACTOR THIS COLOURFUL – JOLLY TRACTOR WAS PRESENTED TO THE CHILDREN OF THE PARKLANDS COMMUNITY BY THE KENNETH E. WEAVER FOUNDATION INC. 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: [Parklands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1342-parklands-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090505/00377/R0053961.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [This Playground Was Donated to Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/47297-parklands-reserve), “THIS PLAYGROUND WAS DONATED TO CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN OF THE PAR…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming The Jolly Tractor This Colourful – Jolly Tractor](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Jolly%20Tractor%20This%20Colourful%20%E2%80%93%20Jolly%20Tractor) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Jolly%20Tractor%20This%20Colourful%20%E2%80%93%20Jolly%20Tractor) - [Parklands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1342-parklands-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 February 2015 · ~250 m from the pin · 106 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.48144&lon=172.70417&radius=250 ## Around it - [Parklands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1342-parklands-reserve), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Cottonwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1057-cottonwood-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-57-parklands), track · ~350 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-159-burwood), track · ~600 m - [Walk and bike track through North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-160-north-new-brighton), track · 1.1 km - [‘chrysalis’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310940-parklands-library-queenspark), plaque · ~250 m - [Proudly Donated by the de la Mare Family](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311046-crofts-reserve), plaque · ~550 m - [In Memory of Kem Jervous‑chenery 29 August 1930 — 8 October](https://www.chch.live/plaque/44143-broadhaven-reserve), plaque · ~1000 m - [Travis Wetland plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89216-travis-wetland), plaque · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 838 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9089802), [94 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/94-queenspark-drive) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9088355), Queenspark Dr near Inwoods Rd, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9062623), [77 Queenspark Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-queenspark-drive) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9014295), [7A Portnall Place, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/7a-portnall-place) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8964810), [20 Chadbury St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/20-chadbury-street) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8929172), [2A Tamarisk Place, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/2a-tamarisk-place) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8914016), [77 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-queenspark-drive) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8903230), [77 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-queenspark-drive) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8899178), Queenspark Dr near Chadbury St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8830496), [77 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-queenspark-drive) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8809182), [77 Queenspark Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-queenspark-drive) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8807079), [93 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/93-queenspark-drive) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Parklands Reserve in [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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 other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Parklands Reserve?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **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/47310-parklands-reserve