# This Plaque Placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical, 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

> This plaque placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical Society in memory of Sir Terence McCombs 1905–1982

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/R0065861.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [These Three Stone Lampstandards Were Built in 1939](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59804-shag-rock-reserve), “THESE THREE STONE LAMPSTANDARDS WERE BUILT IN 1939 BY THE SUMNER BOROUGH COUNCIL…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Plaque Placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Plaque%20Placed%20by%20the%20Sumner-Redcliffs%20Historical)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Plaque%20Placed%20by%20the%20Sumner-Redcliffs%20Historical)
- [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
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Sumner, the managed reach
- [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 29 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 19 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 574 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56412&lon=172.75194&radius=250

## Around it

- [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), regional park · under 150 m
- [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve), community 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 · ~700 m
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), plaque · ~500 m
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310936-sumner-beach), plaque · ~500 m
- [This Plaque Commemorates the Outstanding Contribution](https://www.chch.live/plaque/83267-spit-reserve), plaque · ~550 m
- [Brownlee Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/66691-brownlee-reserve), plaque · ~550 m


## The reports nearby
363 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)
- [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
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011686), 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
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8573498), [49 Clifton Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/49-clifton-terrace)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8518149), [39 Clifton Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/39-clifton-terrace)
- [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

## 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/59829-shag-rock-reserve
