# A Tiny Little Moonbeam That Danced Inside our Hearts, a plaque of Bromley

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

## The words it carries

> A tiny little moonbeam that danced inside our hearts A little life is taken before it even starts… IN MEMORY OF ALL STILLBORN BABIES INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY DONATED BY DECRA ART LTD.

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: [Bromley Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/bromley-cemetery), the cemetery it stands on
- The suburb: [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: stone plinth
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090703/00378/R0048796.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Lest We Forget](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54651-bromley-cemetery), “LEST WE FORGET”
- [In Memory of Rita Brown & Nerissa Beauty That Love](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54722-bromley-cemetery), “IN MEMORY OF RITA BROWN & NERISSA BEAUTY THAT LOVE HAD CREATED NOW OUR PRESENT F…”
- [Albert Wilson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115469-bromley-cemetery), “ALBERT WILSON”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming A Tiny Little Moonbeam That Danced Inside our Hearts](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=A%20Tiny%20Little%20Moonbeam%20That%20Danced%20Inside%20our%20Hearts)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=A%20Tiny%20Little%20Moonbeam%20That%20Danced%20Inside%20our%20Hearts)
- [Bromley Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/bromley-cemetery), the ground’s own page
- [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley), 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

- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 February 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 391 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53953&lon=172.68504&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cypress Garden Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/953-cypress-garden-reserve), sports ground park · ~250 m
- [Cutler Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1719-cutler-park), community park · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bromley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-101-bromley), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-111-woolston), track · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-93-phillipstown), track · ~800 m
- [With Loving Memories of Raymond Davies 1987](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66115-ruru-lawn-cemetery), plaque · ~550 m
- [Rest Awhile With Shona Davies](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66118-ruru-lawn-cemetery), plaque · ~550 m
- [To the Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66047-ruru-lawn-cemetery), plaque · ~550 m
- [In Remembrance of My Husband Daniel Giles Sullivan](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66049-ruru-lawn-cemetery), plaque · ~600 m


## The reports nearby
435 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Traffic Signals urgent safety issue](https://www.chch.live/report/9037167), Linwood Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9005340), [425 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/425-linwood-avenue)
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8919620), [452 Linwood Avenue, Woolston, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/452-linwood-avenue)
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8876166), [452 Linwood Avenue, Woolston, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/452-linwood-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868436), [2 Bromley Road, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/2-bromley-road)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8845926), [434A Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/434a-linwood-avenue)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8844018), Linwood Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8806528), Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8737024), [403 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/403-linwood-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8547716), [5 Ormandy Place, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/5-ormandy-place)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8482045), [425 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/425-linwood-avenue)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8448535), [429 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/429-linwood-avenue)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Bromley Cemetery in [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley), 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 stone plinth. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Bromley Cemetery?**

4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**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.


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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/54726-bromley-cemetery