# In Loving Memory of Gerhard Ten Hove 1939 - 2000 Given, a plaque of Akaroa

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

## The words it carries

> IN LOVING MEMORY OF Gerhard ten Hove 1939 - 2000 Given by his wife Anne sons & daughter in law Gilbert, Jennie & Ross

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 Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/972-akaroa-boat-park), 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/20080307/00378/R0014235.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Loving Memory of Gerhard Ten Hove 1939 - 2000 Given](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Gerhard%20Ten%20Hove%201939%20-%202000%20Given)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Gerhard%20Ten%20Hove%201939%20-%202000%20Given)
- [Akaroa Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/972-akaroa-boat-park), 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 · 3.0 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.80119&lon=172.96771&radius=250

## Around it

- [Akaroa Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/972-akaroa-boat-park), the community park it’s inside
- [Akaroa Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1018-akaroa-recreation-ground), sports ground park · under 150 m
- [An Akaroa and Bays Lions Project](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310714-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · under 150 m
- [In Memory of Dave & Doris Woodill Donated by the Woodill](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4681-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~150 m
- [In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4672-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~150 m
- [In Memory of Ted Armstrong 1912 - 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4813-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~150 m


## The reports nearby
230 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)
- [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)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8213083), [28 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-lavaud)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Akaroa Boat Park 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.

**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.


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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/4815-akaroa-boat-park
