# In Loving Memory of My Mother Grace Greaves, a plaque of Mount Pleasant A plaque of the city, standing at Old School Reserve in Mount Pleasant, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > In Loving Memory of my mother GRACE GREAVES 9.5.1929 – 8.10.2003 and her faithful Labrador, Benny ‘Smile, for we walked together for a while’ 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: [Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1275-old-school-reserve), 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/20090716/00378/R0050184.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56272-old-school-reserve), “1934 (engraved stone)” - [The Rotary Club of Ferrymead Donated This Seat So That](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56289-old-school-reserve), “The Rotary Club of Ferrymead donated this seat so that people may view the progr…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Loving Memory of My Mother Grace Greaves](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20My%20Mother%20Grace%20Greaves) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20My%20Mother%20Grace%20Greaves) - [Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1275-old-school-reserve), 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 - [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 Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 459 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 351 came down · 27 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 25 February 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 594 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56741&lon=172.7151&radius=250 ## Around it - [Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1275-old-school-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Cannon Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1697-cannon-hill-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), track · 1.0 km - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · 1.1 km - [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-169-mount-pleasant), track · 1.2 km - [Ferrymead / Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113579-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~650 m - [Christchurch / City Council Your People Your City](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113578-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~650 m - [New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55674-first-railway-monument), plaque · ~800 m - [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · 1.2 km ## The reports nearby 237 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8914323), [12 Muritai Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/12-muritai-terrace) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8914243), [12 Muritai Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/12-muritai-terrace) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8913175), Old School Reserve 3539800/172 Major Hornbrook Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8824348), [130 Major Hornbrook Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/130-major-hornbrook-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8621502), Brigid Place, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8477224), [222 Cannon Hill Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/222-cannon-hill-crescent) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8418504), [172 Major Hornbrook Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/172-major-hornbrook-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8299679), [229E Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/229e-cannon-hill-crescent) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7963323), [214 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mt Pleasant Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/214-cannon-hill-crescent) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7854568), [222 Cannon Hill Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/222-cannon-hill-crescent) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7830496), [176 Major Hornbrook Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/176-major-hornbrook-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7830493), [161 Major Hornbrook Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/161-major-hornbrook-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Old School Reserve 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. **Are there others at Old School Reserve?** 3 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. --- 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/56189-old-school-reserve