# Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch, a plaque of Richmond

A plaque of the city, standing at Avebury Park in Richmond, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch September 2007

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: [Avebury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1019-avebury-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090804/00378/R0052716.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59089-avebury-park), “1932 – 1992 This tōtara was planted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the…”
- [Rene Griffith Died 6th July 2005 Aged 96 in Surrey, England](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59094-avebury-park), “RENE GRIFFITH Died 6th July 2005 aged 96 in Surrey, England This place was a fav…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Donated%20by%20N.Z.%20Founders%20Society%20Inc.%20Canterbury%20Branch)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Donated%20by%20N.Z.%20Founders%20Society%20Inc.%20Canterbury%20Branch)
- [Avebury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1019-avebury-park), the ground’s own page
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond), 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

- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 3 April 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 159 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51976&lon=172.66014&radius=250

## Around it

- [Avebury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1019-avebury-park), the botanic park it’s inside
- [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), community park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-52-richmond), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Dallington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), track · ~200 m
- [In Commemoration of the Centenary of Women’S Suffrage](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51845-richmond-playground), plaque · ~350 m
- [These Gates Were Donated to the Linwood–avonside Croquet](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59631-beverley-park), plaque · ~950 m
- [Woodham Park Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53985-woodham-park), plaque · 1.0 km
- [Woodham Park / Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310932-woodham-park), plaque · 1.0 km


## The reports nearby
1,224 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9077965), [37 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/37-eveleyn-couzins-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9072380), [68 Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/68-vogel-street)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9059789), [213 River Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/213-river-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9047314), [15 Flesher Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/15-flesher-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9014423), [46 Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/46-vogel-street)
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/9003587), [223 River Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/223-river-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8987185), [1 Gowerton Place, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/1-gowerton-place)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8987028), [11 Tweed Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/11-tweed-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8957419), [16 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/16-eveleyn-couzins-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8931382), [59 Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/59-vogel-street)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8929158), [46 Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/46-vogel-street)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8919470), [42 Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/richmond/42-vogel-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avebury Park in [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond), 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 Avebury Park?**

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.


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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/59101-avebury-park