# This Plaque Commemorates the Outstanding Contribution, a plaque of Southshore

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

## The words it carries

> This plaque commemorates the outstanding contribution of / TRICIA URCH / to Southshore. She worked passionately to preserve and / enhance the dunes and reserves, and / served on the SSRA committee as Chairwoman, Committee / member and Treasurer for more than 20 years.

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: [Spit Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1441-spit-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore)
- The year the register carries: 2005
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100421/00378/R0064316.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Rest & Reflect on the Beauty of the Estuary and Our](https://www.chch.live/plaque/83198-spit-reserve), “Rest & reflect on the beauty of the estuary and our enduring debt to / Richard K…”
- [Tachibana Girls High School / 1997 - 2000](https://www.chch.live/plaque/83270-spit-reserve), “Tachibana Girls High School / 1997 - 2000”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming This Plaque Commemorates the Outstanding Contribution](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Plaque%20Commemorates%20the%20Outstanding%20Contribution)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Plaque%20Commemorates%20the%20Outstanding%20Contribution)
- [Spit Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1441-spit-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore), 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 R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Karoro
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Christchurch Coastal Strip
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC33.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal](https://www.chch.live/zones), OC
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 589 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55932&lon=172.75098&radius=250

## Around it

- [Spit Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1441-spit-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Shag Rock](https://www.chch.live/park/1075-shag-rock), regional park · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~500 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · 1.1 km
- [These Three Stone Lampstandards Were Built in 1939](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59804-shag-rock-reserve), plaque · ~500 m
- [This Plaque Placed by the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59829-shag-rock-reserve), plaque · ~550 m
- [In Memory of Peter Mander Yachting Nz’S 1st Olympic Gold](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58903-yacht-club-reserve), plaque · ~900 m
- [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), plaque · ~900 m


## The reports nearby
33 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8280232), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7816449), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7741386), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7218449), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6708506), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5656671), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5499702), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5241801), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/4783124), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/4482824), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4407937), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4397853), [220 Rocking Horse Road, Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/southshore/220-rocking-horse-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Spit Reserve in [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore), 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 Spit Reserve?**

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 2005. 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/83267-spit-reserve
