# Kate Sheppard Camellia Commemorating 100 Years of Womens, a plaque of Lyttelton

A plaque of the city, standing at Sumner Road Gardens in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> KATE SHEPPARD CAMELLIA Commemorating 100 years of Womens Suffrage Planted by Noeline Allan Mayor of Banks Peninsula 19th September 1993

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: [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080114/00378/R0010464.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Presented to the People of Lyttelton and the Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/plaque/589-sumner-road-gardens), “Presented to the people of Lyttelton and the Canterbury Province by the Canterbu…”
- [J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire](https://www.chch.live/plaque/599-sumner-road-gardens), “J. C. GRUBB MAYOR S. R. WEBB EX-MAYOR CHAIRMAN FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE 1902”
- [Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August](https://www.chch.live/plaque/602-sumner-road-gardens), “ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AUGUST 9 1902”
- [Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House](https://www.chch.live/plaque/607-sumner-road-gardens), “CANTERBURY CENTENARY 1850 1950 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE ERECTED BY THE CANTE…”
- [These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour](https://www.chch.live/plaque/611-sumner-road-gardens), “THESE GATES WERE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF DR. E. H. GILMOUR M.B. CH.B 1920 - 1945”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Kate Sheppard Camellia Commemorating 100 Years of Womens](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Kate%20Sheppard%20Camellia%20Commemorating%20100%20Years%20of%20Womens)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Kate%20Sheppard%20Camellia%20Commemorating%20100%20Years%20of%20Womens)
- [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), the ground’s own page
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The rockfall survey counts 40 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 10 came down · 4 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 6 February 2012 · ~500 m from the pin · 372 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60338&lon=172.72321&radius=250

## Around it

- [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), the community park it’s inside
- [Baden Norris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/971-baden-norris-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~800 m
- [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m
- [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m
- [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m
- [Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310888-sled-dog), plaque · ~250 m


## The reports nearby
1,509 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9086370), [8 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/8-st-davids-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052353), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9052334), [17 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/17-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9033390), [5C Norwich Quay, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/5c-norwich-quay)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9032668), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9019163), [26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9005341), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9001841), [14 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/14-canterbury-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8955564), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8955490), Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sumner Road Gardens in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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 Sumner Road Gardens?**

6 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.


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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/593-sumner-road-gardens
