# In Memory of Jim Shipman a Loyal Member and Friend, a plaque of Akaroa A plaque of the city, standing at Britomart Reserve in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > In Memory of Jim Shipman A Loyal Member and Friend 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: [Britomart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1728-britomart-reserve), 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/20080318/00378/R0015614.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Lions Club of Akaroa and Bays, no. 6125](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6125-britomart-reserve), “Lions Club of Akaroa and Bays” ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Memory of Jim Shipman a Loyal Member and Friend](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Jim%20Shipman%20a%20Loyal%20Member%20and%20Friend) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Jim%20Shipman%20a%20Loyal%20Member%20and%20Friend) - [Britomart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1728-britomart-reserve), 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 - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 3.5 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.80931&lon=172.96113&radius=250 ## Around it - [Britomart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1728-britomart-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Walnut Place Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1564-walnut-place-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Commander Frank Arthur Worsley Dso and Bar, OBE, Rnr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6111-frank-worsley-bust), plaque · under 150 m - [In Loving Memory of / Rod Steel / 1927 - 2004](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310898-glen-bay), plaque · under 150 m - [Charles Edward Cooke / Eddie 1947-2023](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311020-glen-bay), plaque · under 150 m - [Historic / Akaroa / Building](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310972-gaiety-hall), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 250 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8795738), [82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/82-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8741764), [82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/82-beach-road) - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8735611), [85K Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/85k-beach-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8679935), [69 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/69-beach-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8632025), [15 Walnut Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/15-walnut-place) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8581530), [53 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/53-beach-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8556705), [63 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/63-beach-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8555714), [13 Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/13-selwyn-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8515643), 51–75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8360617), [75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/75-beach-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8253815), 51–75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8105027), [75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/75-beach-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Britomart Reserve 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 Britomart 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 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- 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/6126-britomart-reserve