# Planted in Memory of / Mrs Helen McBride, a plaque of Duvauchelle

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

## The words it carries

> Planted in Memory of / Mrs Helen McBride

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: [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080326/00377/R0014355.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Planted in Memory of / Mrs Helen McBride](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Planted%20in%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Mrs%20Helen%20McBride)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Planted%20in%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Mrs%20Helen%20McBride)
- [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds), the ground’s own page
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle), 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 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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 September 2010 · 2.1 km from the pin · 7 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.74887&lon=172.92933&radius=250

## Around it

- [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds), the community park it’s inside
- [In Memory of Margaret June Money (Nee Marr) 1926 - 1993](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3538-duvauchelle-cemetery), plaque · 1.9 km
- [Roll of Honour Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Curry Hammond](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4434-takamatua-reserve), plaque · 5.1 km
- [Takamatua War Memorial 1939 - 1945 in Memory a Kingston](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4435-takamatua-reserve), plaque · 5.1 km
- [In Loving Memory of Gerhard Ten Hove 1939 - 2000 Given](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4815-akaroa-boat-park), plaque · 6.6 km


## The reports nearby
16 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8545007), [6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6039-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7213103), [6047 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6047-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6142103), [6047 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Canterbury, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6047-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4232638), [6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6065-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/3583881), [6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6065-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3268126), [6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6065-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/2976243), [6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6039-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/2734093), [6049 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6049-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1542921), 6047, Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle, Canterbury, 7581, New Zealand
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/912547), [6049 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6049-christchurch-akaroa-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/617266), 6049, Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle, 7581, Canterbury
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/571868), 6065, Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle, 7581, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Duvauchelle Showgrounds in [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle), 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.

**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/6527-duvauchelle-showgrounds
