# A Sumner …, a plaque of Redcliffs

A plaque of the city, standing at Barnett Park Sports Grounds in Redcliffs, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> A SUMNER …

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: [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: other
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090721/00377/R0063429.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Rest – There Is Peace and Beauty in our Valley Donated](https://www.chch.live/plaque/57466-barnett-park-sports-grounds), “REST – THERE IS PEACE AND BEAUTY IN OUR VALLEY DONATED BY LILA WILKINS”
- [Mary Moodie Founder and Mother of Foster Care 1926 – 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/57575-barnett-park-sports-grounds), “MARY MOODIE FOUNDER AND MOTHER OF FOSTER CARE 1926 – 1995”
- [A Joint Project Between the Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/57656-barnett-park-sports-grounds), “A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF FER…”
- [To the Citizens of Christchurch From the Rotary Club](https://www.chch.live/plaque/57697-barnett-park-sports-grounds), “TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF LINWOOD–WOOLSTON JUNE 19…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming A Sumner …](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=A%20Sumner%20%E2%80%A6)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=A%20Sumner%20%E2%80%A6)
- [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), 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

- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2000 Sumner - Redcliffs Flood Event (October)
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 606 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5645&lon=172.73967&radius=250

## Around it

- [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Moncks Cave Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1796-moncks-cave-reserve), community park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~150 m
- [Rest a While and Embrace the / Moment / in Loving Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95233-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~150 m
- [Moncks Bay Tram Stop 1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95235-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~200 m
- [We Remember With Love our Precious](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95225-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~250 m
- [Presented by / the Lions Club / Place Name](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310979-redcliffs-public-library), plaque · ~300 m


## The reports nearby
411 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9058746), Barnett Park 200A Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8893255), [200A Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/200a-main-road)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8788649), [202 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/202-main-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8786516), [202 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/202-main-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8760201), [2 Moncks Spur Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/2-moncks-spur-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8717221), [202A Main Road, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/202a-main-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8713934), [200A Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/200a-main-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8681979), [202 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/202-main-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8674644), [2 Moncks Spur Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/2-moncks-spur-road)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8641884), [200B Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/200b-main-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8640958), [200B Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/200b-main-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8640546), [1 Moncks Spur Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/1-moncks-spur-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Barnett Park Sports Grounds 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 other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Barnett Park Sports Grounds?**

5 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/57713-barnett-park-sports-grounds
