# In Loving Memory of Alvine Rosemary Robertson 1959–2003, a plaque of Akaroa

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

## The words it carries

> IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALVINE ROSEMARY ROBERTSON 1959–2003

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: [Akaroa Heritage Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1267-akaroa-heritage-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080317/00377/R0013847.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Given by the Family of Ian McKellar](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6006-akaroa-heritage-park), “GIVEN BY THE FAMILY OF IAN McKELLAR / 2.8.26 - 16.9.99”
- [Set Me Right Read Me Well and I to Thee the Time Will Tell](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6039-akaroa-heritage-park), “SET ME RIGHT READ ME WELL AND I TO THEE THE TIME WILL TELL”
- [With Memories of / Una & Jack Reid](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6077-akaroa-heritage-park), “With Memories of / Una & Jack Reid”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Loving Memory of Alvine Rosemary Robertson 1959–2003](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Alvine%20Rosemary%20Robertson%201959%E2%80%932003)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Alvine%20Rosemary%20Robertson%201959%E2%80%932003)
- [Akaroa Heritage Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1267-akaroa-heritage-park), the ground’s own page
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a kept landscape, Significant rural landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 3.9 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.79921&lon=172.99778&radius=250

## Around it

- [Akaroa Heritage Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1267-akaroa-heritage-park), community park · under 150 m
- [Ci-Gît Le Corps de Le Lièvre édouard, Gé de 35 Ans, Capt Du](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5367-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · 2.3 km
- [In Memory of Madam Libeau, Pierre David, Le Vaillant](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5368-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · 2.3 km
- [Ici Repose Le Corps de Mr Pierre Le Buffé Commis de La](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5370-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · 2.3 km
- [Old French Burial Ground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5365-l-aube-hill-reserve), plaque · 2.3 km


## The reports nearby
2 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6349470), Akaroa Heritage Park 280 Long Bay Road, Akaroa 7583, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/219118), [280 Long Bay Rd, Akaroa 7583, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/280-long-bay-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Akaroa Heritage Park in [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), 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 Akaroa Heritage Park?**

4 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/6075-akaroa-heritage-park
