# This Plaque Acknowledges / Hap Hill, a plaque of Bexley

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

## The words it carries

> THIS PLAQUE ACKNOWLEDGES / HAP HILL / BEXLEY RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION, / BEXLEY WETLAND TRUST, ST JAMES SCHOOL / AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR WORK / IN THE RESTORATION OF BEXLEY WETLAND

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: [Bexley Wetland](https://www.chch.live/park/1713-bexley-wetland), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley)
- The year the register carries: 2000
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100413/00378/R0064141.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [2000 / Donated by / Seaview Lions](https://www.chch.live/plaque/76224-bexley-wetland), “2000 / Donated By / SEAVIEW LIONS”
- [Bexley ~ the Hidden Jewel in the Crown](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311029-bexley-wetland), “Bexley ~ The Hidden Jewel In The Crown”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Plaque Acknowledges / Hap Hill](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Plaque%20Acknowledges%20%2F%20Hap%20Hill)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Plaque%20Acknowledges%20%2F%20Hap%20Hill)
- [Bexley Wetland](https://www.chch.live/park/1713-bexley-wetland), the ground’s own page
- [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley), 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 September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [On made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill), Mixed Fill with Rubbish
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [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 Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.8](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 24 December 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 374 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52124&lon=172.7213&radius=250

## Around it

- [Bexley Wetland](https://www.chch.live/park/1713-bexley-wetland), the regional park it’s inside
- [Bexley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1710-bexley-park), sports ground park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bexley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-174-bexley), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-185-new-brighton), track · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-186-south-new-brighton), track · ~650 m
- [Blighs Garden plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311028-blighs-garden), plaque · ~550 m
- [Arbor Day 1993 / Planted by Members / of the Second](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95336-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~550 m
- [In Loving Memory of / Nigel Grant Mahan / 1970 – 2021](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310990-bexley-park), plaque · ~800 m
- [Bexley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/67950-bexley-park), plaque · ~800 m


## The reports nearby
95 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8971559), [208 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/208-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8934794), Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8872425), Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8332798), [295 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/295-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7364953), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7192223), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7170499), [181F Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/181f-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6819653), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/6609816), Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6472490), [208 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/208-bexley-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6472491), [208 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/208-bexley-road)
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/6454516), Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Bexley Wetland in [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley), 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 seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Bexley Wetland?**

3 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2000. 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/76210-bexley-wetland
