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In Memory of Mary Jackson

A plaque at Port Hills 11 Rrz Land, standing in Sumner. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

IN MEMORY OF MARY JACKSON
The ground
Port Hills 11 Rrz Land
The suburb
Sumner
The year
2000, the register’s commission
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Port Hills 11 Rrz Land

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names

Harold Sinclair 1989 “HAROLD SINCLAIR 1989” Donated by E & U … “DONATED BY E & u … (Unreadable plate – very faint)” In Memory of Ann Palmer “IN MEMORY OF ANN PALMER” Presented by Mrs A.M. O’Vary 1959 “Presented by Mrs A.M. O’VARY 1959”

In the archive

Documents naming In Memory of Mary Jackson the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Sumner 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 the Crown red zone the 2011 residential line Inside a modelled tsunami reach ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 Inside the plan’s Cliff Collapse Management Area 1 + Mass Movement Management Area 1 band the slope-hazard watch The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground Raekura ki Matuku Takotako The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks OCP The rockfall survey counts 19 boulders within 500 m 6 came down · 9 wobble easy The nearest recorded shake: M3.2 22 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 522 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Sumner Croquet Reserve the community park it’s inside Greenwood Park regional park · under 150 m Walk and bike track through Sumner track · ~400 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Clifton track · ~500 m from the pin Scarborough Beach Developed plaque plaque · ~350 m Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner plaque · ~500 m W. Rollitt / Mayor plaque · ~500 m King Edward VII / Coronation Memorial / 1902 plaque · ~500 m

The reports nearby

357 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 293 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Water General 61 Nayland Street, Sumner · 8 October 2026
Playground Equipment 26 Nayland Street, Sumner · 3 October 2026
Hazard, vehicle 14/16 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner · 24 September 2026
Facility - General Request 14/16 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner · 14 September 2026
Overgrown Vegetation 24 Nayland St · 31 August 2026
Hazard, vehicle 48 Nayland St · 14 August 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet 10 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner · 8 August 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General 17B Wiggins Street, Sumner · 7 August 2026
Water Leak 43 Nayland St · 27 July 2026
Playground Equipment 24 Nayland St · 16 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish 67 Nayland Street, Sumner · 2 July 2026
Poles and Signage - General 55 Nayland Street, Sumner · 29 June 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Port Hills 11 Rrz Land in Sumner, 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 Port Hills 11 Rrz Land?

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 2000. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/59034-port-hills-11-rrz-land.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.