# Jonathan McGregor Smith / on Mt. D’Archiac, a plaque of Mount Pleasant A plaque of the city, standing at The Brae in Mount Pleasant, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > JONATHAN McGREGOR SMITH / on Mt. D’Archiac / May 6th 1955 – June 1st 2003 / Grandson of Robert and Ann McGregor Smith from Aberdeenshire. The original settlers on The Brae. 1925 / Special people become a part of who we are 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: [The Brae](https://www.chch.live/park/1682-the-brae), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090626/00377/R0060441.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Jonathan McGregor Smith / on Mt. D’Archiac](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Jonathan%20McGregor%20Smith%20%2F%20on%20Mt.%20D%E2%80%99Archiac) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Jonathan%20McGregor%20Smith%20%2F%20on%20Mt.%20D%E2%80%99Archiac) - [The Brae](https://www.chch.live/park/1682-the-brae), the ground’s own page - [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant), 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), McCormacks Bay, the managed reach - [Inside the plan’s Mass Movement Management Area 2 band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the slope-hazard watch - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 2 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 583 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55629&lon=172.71413&radius=250 ## Around it - [The Brae](https://www.chch.live/park/1682-the-brae), the community park it’s inside - [Scott Park Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/park/1619-scott-park-ferrymead), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-162-ferrymead), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~150 m - [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~500 m - [Presented by Mt Pleasant Garden Club 1940 – 1980](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62246-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~550 m - [Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95137-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~650 m - [New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55674-first-railway-monument), plaque · ~700 m ## The reports nearby 460 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9078556), [47 St Andrews Hill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/47-st-andrews-hill-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8996795), [18 Te Awakura Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/18-te-awakura-terrace) - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8937375), [4 The Brae, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/4-the-brae) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8922741), [15 The Brae, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/15-the-brae) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8907200), [15 The Brae, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/15-the-brae) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8836957), [53 Saint Andrews Hill Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/53-saint-andrews-hill-road) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8834437), [2 Marama Crescent, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/2-marama-crescent) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8741401), [53 St Andrews Hill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/53-st-andrews-hill-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8741212), [30 Main Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/30-main-road) - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8649171), [4 The Brae, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/4-the-brae) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8627360), Rangitira Park Playground 3372333/11 Quarry Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8471691), [32 Main Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/32-main-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at The Brae in [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant), 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/54096-the-brae