# Burwood Park plaque, a plaque of Burwood

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

## The words it carries

Filed "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it.

- The ground: [Burwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1585-burwood-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: stone plinth
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090921/00377/R0071488.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Burwood Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Burwood%20Park%20plaque)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Burwood%20Park%20plaque)
- [Burwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1585-burwood-park), the ground’s own page
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 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

- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach
- [On the recorded Burwood Park tip](https://www.chch.live/landfills), 1899–1923 · the landfill register
- [On a council-listed parcel](https://www.chch.live/hazards), Cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [A plan matter touches it, Waste Water Constraint Area](https://www.chch.live/matters), Infrastructure
- [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), 26 December 2010 · ~550 m from the pin · 127 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50742&lon=172.67092&radius=250

## Around it

- [Burwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1585-burwood-park), sports ground park · ~150 m
- [Horseshoe Lake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1382-horseshoe-lake-reserve), regional park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-76-burwood), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-545-mairehau), track · ~500 m
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-68-richmond), track · ~600 m
- [Burwood Park Playground Monume plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/67243-burwood-park-playground-monume), plaque · ~400 m
- [In Memory of / Steve Riley / Who Died While Working](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310861-avon-riverbank-true-right), plaque · 1.2 km
- [This Footbridge Was Opened in May 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311050-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · 1.2 km
- [Planted by Dr Keith Turner / on 3 December 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/285238-porritt-park), plaque · 1.4 km


## The reports nearby
412 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9092638), [73 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/73-new-brighton-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9089381), [78 Cresswell Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/78-cresswell-avenue)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9032048), [1/12 Barclay Place, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/1-12-barclay-place)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9022207), [73 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/73-new-brighton-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9007818), [8 Cresswell Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/8-cresswell-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8914103), [32A Bampton Street, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/32a-bampton-street)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8906974), [85 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/85-new-brighton-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8869499), [58A Achilles Street, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/58a-achilles-street)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8861312), [45 Cresswell Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/45-cresswell-avenue)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8852175), 71–75 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8823750), 77–85 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8742491), [45 Cresswell Avenue, Burwood, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/45-cresswell-avenue)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Burwood Park in [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The surveyor filed the inscription as "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real.

**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/67016-burwood-park
