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In Loving Memory of / Paula Marie Bobby

A plaque at South New Brighton Beach, standing in New Brighton. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF / PAULA MARIE BOBBY
The suburb
New Brighton
The year
2000, the register’s commission
Rides on
seat
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at South New Brighton Beach

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

In the archive

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

246 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 197 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Abandoned Vehicle Canterbury · 2 August 2026
Pest / Vermin Canterbury · 10 June 2026
Park - General Request Marine Parade, South New Brighton · 25 May 2026
Public Toilet 269 Marine Pde · 25 May 2026
Dumped Rubbish Canterbury · 15 April 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at South New Brighton Beach in New Brighton, 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.

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.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/83127-south-new-brighton-beach.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.