# Stephen and Rebecca Brooker Settled on 40 Acres of Land, a plaque of Burwood A plaque of the city, standing at Brooker Monument in Burwood, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > STEPHEN AND REBECCA BROOKER SETTLED ON 40 ACRES OF LAND BETWEEN BARKERS ROAD AND BOWER AVENUE IN 1860 BEING ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR FAMILIES HERE. STEPHEN NAMED THE AREA ‘NEW BRIGHTON’ AFTER BRIGHTON ENGLAND. 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: Brooker Monument - The suburb: [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090610/00378/R0047087.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Stephen and Rebecca Brooker Settled on 40 Acres of Land](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Stephen%20and%20Rebecca%20Brooker%20Settled%20on%2040%20Acres%20of%20Land) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Stephen%20and%20Rebecca%20Brooker%20Settled%20on%2040%20Acres%20of%20Land) - [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 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 the Crown red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone), the 2011 residential line - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [Inside the plan’s high flood hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), the strong contour - [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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 11 March 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 162 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.4995&lon=172.69736&radius=250 ## Around it - [Brooker Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/922-brooker-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Dixon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1058-dixon-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-145-burwood), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-112-avondale), track · ~200 m - [This Footbridge / Was Opened in March 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310975-avon-corridor-10-rrz-land), plaque · ~300 m - [Donated by the Lions Club of Christchurch Seaview 2002](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51911-anzac-drive-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [Donated by Ivan and Clarice Donnell Long Term Residents](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51694-donnell-sports-park), plaque · ~300 m - [Amelia Frances Rogers](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51436-amelia-rogers-reserve), plaque · ~550 m ## The reports nearby 759 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9087634), [14 Brooker Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/14-brooker-avenue) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9056516), [14 Brooker Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/14-brooker-avenue) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8948856), Brooker Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8947975), [22 Brooker Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/22-brooker-avenue) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868118), [393 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/393-new-brighton-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8814697), Donnell Sports Park 40 Brooker Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8784896), [10 Brooker Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/10-brooker-avenue) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8365482), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8273687), [16 Longview Place, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/16-longview-place) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8251983), [385 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/385-new-brighton-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8241998), [1 Rebecca Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/1-rebecca-avenue) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8237195), [1 Norcross Street, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/1-norcross-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Brooker Monument in [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 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 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/51296-brooker-monument