# These Three Stone Lampstandards Were Built in 1939, a plaque of Clifton

A plaque of the city, standing at Shag Rock Reserve in Clifton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> THESE THREE STONE LAMPSTANDARDS WERE BUILT IN 1939 BY THE SUMNER BOROUGH COUNCIL... RENEWED 1980... LIT FIRST TIME DECEMBER 2004

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: [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090811/00377/R0065875.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [This Plaque Placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59829-shag-rock-reserve), “This plaque placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical Society in memory of Sir T…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming These Three Stone Lampstandards Were Built in 1939](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=These%20Three%20Stone%20Lampstandards%20Were%20Built%20in%201939)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=These%20Three%20Stone%20Lampstandards%20Were%20Built%20in%201939)
- [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton), 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 the plan’s Cliff Collapse Management Area 2 band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the slope-hazard watch
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai and environs
- [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 Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The rockfall survey counts 55 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 39 came down · 1 wobbles easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 577 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56384&lon=172.75071&radius=250

## Around it

- [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), regional park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · ~800 m
- [This Plaque Commemorates the Outstanding Contribution](https://www.chch.live/plaque/83267-spit-reserve), plaque · ~500 m
- [In Memory of Peter Mander Yachting Nz’S 1st Olympic Gold](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58903-yacht-club-reserve), plaque · ~550 m
- [Brownlee Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66691-brownlee-reserve), plaque · ~600 m
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), plaque · ~600 m


## The reports nearby
274 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9027610), [300 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/300-main-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9019480), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011719), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011712), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8992630), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8508606), [280 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/280-main-road)
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8481137), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8449216), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8358532), [286 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/286-main-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8342502), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Heathcote Ward 8081, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8337608), [288 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/288-main-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8329549), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Shag Rock Reserve in [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton), 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 Shag Rock Reserve?**

2 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/59804-shag-rock-reserve
