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In Recognition of the Assistance Given to the Christchurch

A plaque at Te Karoro Karoro Reserve, standing in South New Brighton. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

IN RECOGNITION OF THE ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL BY BILL JARMAN IN ESTABLISHING THIS RESERVE Burwood/Pegasus Community Board August 1993
The year
2003, the register’s commission
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Te Karoro Karoro Reserve

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

In the archive

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

227 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 196 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Accessibility Te Karoro Karoro Reserve 396/372 Marine Parade, South New Brighton · 15 September 2026
Playground Equipment 408 Marine Pde · 4 September 2026
Park - General Request Canterbury · 27 July 2026
Park - General Request Te Karoro Karoro Reserve 396/372 Marine Parade, South New Brighton · 2 July 2026
Playground Equipment Te Karoro Karoro Reserve 396/372 Marine Parade, South New Brighton · 9 June 2026
Park - General Request Canterbury · 26 May 2026
Park - General Request Te Karoro Karoro Reserve 396/372 Marine Parade, South New Brighton · 25 May 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Te Karoro Karoro Reserve in South New Brighton, 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 2003. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/48031-te-karoro-karoro-reserve.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.