# Here on 11 August 1840 Captain Owen Stanley, a plaque of Akaroa A plaque of the city, standing at Britomart Monument in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > HERE ON 11 AUGUST 1840 CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY H.M.S. BRITOMART RAISED THE UNION JACK TO DEMONSTRATE BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY TO THE PEOPLE ON BANKS PENINSULA AND TO THE FRENCH CORVETTE L’AUBE WHICH ARRIVED ON 17 AUGUST 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: [Britomart Monument](https://www.chch.live/memorial/britomart-monument), the memorial it stands on - The suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080314/00378/R0015184.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [To Mark 150 Years Since the Landing of Chief Police](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5771-britomart-monument), “TO MARK 150 YEARS SINCE THE LANDING OF CHIEF POLICE MAGISTRATE MICHAEL MURPHY AN…” - [Britomart Monument plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5773-britomart-monument), the surveyor’s note: Heavily weathered memorial – majority illegible ## In the archive - [Documents naming Here on 11 August 1840 Captain Owen Stanley](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Here%20on%2011%20August%201840%20Captain%20Owen%20Stanley) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Here%20on%2011%20August%201840%20Captain%20Owen%20Stanley) - [Britomart Monument](https://www.chch.live/memorial/britomart-monument), the ground’s own page - [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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 recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [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), Takapūneke - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 4.0 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.81556&lon=172.9489&radius=250 ## Around it - [Britomart Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1338-britomart-memorial), the botanic park it’s inside - [Green Point Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1693-green-point-park), community park · under 150 m - [In Memory of Bill Davey 1927–1995 Erected by His Family](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5860-akaroa-anglican-cemetery), plaque · ~650 m - [Nor’West Drive / dedication Text / 29th October 2011](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310995-garden-of-tane), plaque · ~850 m - [Garden of Tane plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310992-garden-of-tane), plaque · ~850 m - [Wollemi Pine / several Lines](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310996-garden-of-tane), plaque · ~850 m ## The reports nearby 52 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/8843311), Beach road Akaroa Near The Steps To The Monument, Akkaroa Northland 7520, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8642532), 293–295 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8486370), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7884358), Beach Road (Beyond The Lighthouse), Akaroa Canterbury New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7566078), [259 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/259-beach-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7198254), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6917248), [227 Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/227-beach-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6734175), [273 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6604620), [249 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/249-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6593195), [231 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/231-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6588970), [9 Stanley Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/9-stanley-place) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6381379), [273 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Britomart Monument in [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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 Britomart Monument?** 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 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/5772-britomart-monument