# Cockayne Reserve plaque, a plaque of Aranui

A plaque of the city, standing at Cockayne Reserve in Aranui, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

Filed "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it.

- The ground: [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui)
- The year the register carries: 1899
- Rides on: rock
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20230131/Plaque310171/Plaque310171.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51043-cockayne-reserve), its words filed unknown

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Cockayne Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Cockayne%20Reserve%20plaque)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Cockayne%20Reserve%20plaque)
- [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve), 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

- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōruapaeroa
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPOA
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 February 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 228 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50349&lon=172.70804&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Bower Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1549-bower-park), sports ground park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-167-new-brighton), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bexley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-165-bexley), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood), track · under 150 m
- [John (Jack) Daniel Hinton V.C. 20th New Zealand Battalion](https://www.chch.live/plaque/50766-john-hinton-memorial), plaque · ~600 m
- [Donated by the Lions Club of Christchurch Seaview 2002](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51911-anzac-drive-reserve), plaque · ~800 m
- [This Footbridge / Was Opened in March 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310975-avon-corridor-10-rrz-land), plaque · ~950 m
- [Stephen and Rebecca Brooker Settled on 40 Acres of Land](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51296-brooker-monument), plaque · ~950 m


## The reports nearby
103 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9072901), [336 Wainoni Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/336-wainoni-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8570858), [122 Eureka Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/122-eureka-street)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8495938), [124R Eureka Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/124r-eureka-street)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8300337), [29 Poipoi Place, Aranui, Otautahi 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/29-poipoi-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8278629), [19A Falconwood Grove, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/19a-falconwood-grove)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8177196), [40R Bexley Road, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/40r-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8051239), [37 Falconwood Grove, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/37-falconwood-grove)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7676823), [330 Wainoni Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/330-wainoni-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7566832), [7 Falconwood Grove, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/7-falconwood-grove)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7566801), [137 Anzac Drive, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/137-anzac-drive)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7315732), [5 Falconwood Grove, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/5-falconwood-grove)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7208814), [137 Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/aranui/137-anzac-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Cockayne Reserve in [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The surveyor filed the inscription as "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real.

**Are there others at Cockayne 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 1899. 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/51036-cockayne-reserve
