# Ci-Gît Le Corps de Le Lièvre édouard, Gé de 35 Ans, Capt Du, a plaque of Akaroa A plaque of the city, standing at L'Aube Hill Reserve in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > CI-GÎT LE CORPS DE LE LIÈVRE ÉDOUARD, GÉ DE 35 ANS, CAPT DU NAVIRE HÉVA, DÉCÉDÉ À AKAROA LE 1 MAI 1842. PRIEZ POUR LUI. 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: [L'Aube Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1200-l-aube-hill-reserve), 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/20080312/00378/R0014833.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Loving Memory of our Dear Friend Bernard Poujol Port De](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5357-l-aube-hill-reserve), “In loving memory of our dear friend Bernard Poujol Port de Bouc 1930 - Paris 200…” - [Old French Burial Ground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5365-l-aube-hill-reserve), “OLD FRENCH BURIAL GROUND” - [In Memory of Madam Libeau, Pierre David, Le Vaillant](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5368-l-aube-hill-reserve), “In Memory of Madam Libeau, Pierre David, Le Vaillant, Etéveneaux, Mlle Amelie Et…” - [Ici Repose Le Corps de Mr Pierre Le Buffé Commis de La](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5370-l-aube-hill-reserve), “ICI REPOSE LE CORPS DE MR PIERRE LE BUFFÉ COMMIS DE LA MARINE GÉ DE 26 ANS. MORT…” - [French Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5371-l-aube-hill-reserve), “FRENCH CEMETERY” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Ci-Gît Le Corps de Le Lièvre édouard, Gé de 35 Ans, Capt Du](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Ci-G%C3%AEt%20Le%20Corps%20de%20Le%20Li%C3%A8vre%20%C3%A9douard%2C%20G%C3%A9%20de%2035%20Ans%2C%20Capt%20Du) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Ci-G%C3%AEt%20Le%20Corps%20de%20Le%20Li%C3%A8vre%20%C3%A9douard%2C%20G%C3%A9%20de%2035%20Ans%2C%20Capt%20Du) - [L'Aube Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1200-l-aube-hill-reserve), 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 recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), French Cemetery Akaroa - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 3.3 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.8038&lon=172.97034&radius=250 ## Around it - [L'aube Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1200-l-aube-hill-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Settlers Hill Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1063-settlers-hill-walkway), community park · ~150 m - [To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4808-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~150 m - [Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a Life](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4810-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~200 m - [In Memory of Ted Armstrong 1912 - 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4813-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~200 m - [In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4672-akaroa-recreation-ground), plaque · ~250 m ## The reports nearby 121 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/8863176), [57 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/57-rue-lavaud) - [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) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8444491), [40 Rue Brittan, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-brittan) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8424264), [58 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/58-rue-lavaud) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8409392), [28 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-lavaud) - [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 Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8238135), [63 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/63-rue-lavaud) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8122935), [38 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/38-rue-lavaud) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8028031), [40 Rue Brittan, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-brittan) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7863642), [19 Settlers Hill, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/19-settlers-hill) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at L'Aube Hill Reserve 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. **Are there others at L'Aube Hill Reserve?** 6 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **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. --- 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/5367-l-aube-hill-reserve