# The Rotary Club of Ferrymead Donated This Seat So That, 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 > The Rotary Club of Ferrymead donated this seat so that people may view the progress made on the Canterbury Plains in the first 150 years of European settlement 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/20090717/00378/R0050598.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Loving Memory of My Mother Grace Greaves](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56189-old-school-reserve), “In Loving Memory of my mother GRACE GREAVES 9.5.1929 – 8.10.2003 and her faithfu…” - [1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56272-old-school-reserve), “1934 (engraved stone)” ## In the archive - [Documents naming The Rotary Club of Ferrymead Donated This Seat So That](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Rotary%20Club%20of%20Ferrymead%20Donated%20This%20Seat%20So%20That) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Rotary%20Club%20of%20Ferrymead%20Donated%20This%20Seat%20So%20That) - [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 409 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 321 came down · 24 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 March 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 591 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56689&lon=172.71393&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 · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), track · ~900 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · 1.0 km - [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-169-mount-pleasant), track · 1.1 km - [Ferrymead / Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113579-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~500 m - [Christchurch / City Council Your People Your City](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113578-ferrymead-park), plaque · ~550 m - [New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55674-first-railway-monument), plaque · ~700 m - [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · 1.1 km ## The reports nearby 268 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8923968), [123 Major Hornbrook Road, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/123-major-hornbrook-road) - [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) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8033346), [6 Brigid Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/6-brigid-place) - [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) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7870676), [237 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant/237-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) ## 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/56289-old-school-reserve