# This Memorial Marks the 50th Anniversary of the End of WWII, a plaque of Diamond Harbour A plaque of the city, standing at Stoddart Point Reserve in Diamond Harbour, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WWII / (1939 - 1945) / D H COMMUNITY ASSN 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: [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080315/00377/R0013651.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Tree Planted in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5443-stoddart-point-reserve), “TREE PLANTED IN MEMORY OF ... (plaque partially obscured)” ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Memorial Marks the 50th Anniversary of the End of WWII](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Memorial%20Marks%20the%2050th%20Anniversary%20of%20the%20End%20of%20WWII) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Memorial%20Marks%20the%2050th%20Anniversary%20of%20the%20End%20of%20WWII) - [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour), 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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Purau - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 3 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M4.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 March 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 155 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62565&lon=172.73999&radius=250 ## Around it - [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Coastal Cliff Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1346-coastal-cliff-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Rest a While on John'S Seat and Find Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5430-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · ~200 m - [Rest Awhile on / Johns Seat / and Find Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310942-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · ~250 m - [In Appreciation of and With Thanks for / the Life](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310946-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · ~250 m - [In Loving Memory / Malcolm Peter Walker](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310944-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · ~250 m ## The reports nearby 284 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8989793), [2L Waipapa Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2l-waipapa-avenue) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8772782), [20A Purau Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/20a-purau-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8763648), [2D Waipapa Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2d-waipapa-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8675308), [2 Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2-waipapa-avenue) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8611062), [8 Waipapa Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/8-waipapa-avenue) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8584073), [2A Waipapa Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2a-waipapa-avenue) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8491915), Stoddards Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8458491), [18 Purau Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/18-purau-avenue) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8415882), [2M Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2m-waipapa-avenue) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8177117), [4 Whero Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/4-whero-avenue) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8175123), [11 Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/11-waipapa-avenue) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8105779), [11 Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/11-waipapa-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Stoddart Point Reserve in [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour), 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 Stoddart Point Reserve?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. 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/5710-stoddart-point-reserve