# Dunkeld Meeting Place Opened by Anthony Docherty Deputy, a plaque of Redcliffs

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

## The words it carries

> DUNKELD MEETING PLACE opened by ANTHONY DOCHERTY DEPUTY MAYOR JUNE 2001

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: [Balmoral Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1614-balmoral-hill-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090707/00377/R0061848.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Dunkeld Meeting Place Opened by Anthony Docherty Deputy](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Dunkeld%20Meeting%20Place%20Opened%20by%20Anthony%20Docherty%20Deputy)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Dunkeld%20Meeting%20Place%20Opened%20by%20Anthony%20Docherty%20Deputy)
- [Balmoral Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1614-balmoral-hill-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako
- [The plan zones this ground Residential Hills](https://www.chch.live/zones), RH
- [The rockfall survey counts 38 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 36 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 599 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56096&lon=172.7316&radius=250

## Around it

- [Balmoral Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1614-balmoral-hill-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Glenstrae Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1461-glenstrae-road-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~400 m
- [In Memory of Geoffrey Courthorpe Salt](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56768-glenstrae-road-reserve), plaque · ~250 m
- [These Swings Are a Gift From Reuben, for Everyone to Enjoy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310954-te-papa-kura-redcliffs-park), plaque · ~300 m
- [In Proud Memory of My Son Steven Clive Taylor 1959 – 1982](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62210-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~400 m
- [In Remembrance of Ruth Spragge ‘a Friend of the Estuary’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62144-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~450 m


## The reports nearby
172 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9054221), [30 Raekura Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/30-raekura-place)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8731162), [11B Balmoral Lane, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/11b-balmoral-lane)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8704214), [29 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/29-glenstrae-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8629042), [22A Taupata St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/22a-taupata-street)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8375895), [1 Rifleman Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/1-rifleman-lane)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8276816), [6 Glendevere Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/6-glendevere-terrace)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8231081), [23A Glendevere Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/23a-glendevere-terrace)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/7976940), [124 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/124-main-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7831944), [26 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/26-glenstrae-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7824343), [11 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/11-glenstrae-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7714455), [23B Glendevere Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/23b-glendevere-terrace)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7657775), [20 Inverness Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/20-inverness-lane)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Balmoral Hill Reserve in [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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.


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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/55227-balmoral-hill-reserve
