# Trish & Rick'S / Seat, a plaque of Scarborough

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

## The words it carries

> TRISH & RICK'S / SEAT / (Sit, relax and enjoy the view – lower line partly illegible)

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: [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100622/00378/R0066466.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [This Seat Was Donated by the / Sumner Senior Citizens Club](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84474-whitewash-reserve), “THIS SEAT WAS DONATED BY THE / SUMNER SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB / TO COMMEMORATE THEI…”
- [World War II Road Blocks / 1942](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84475-whitewash-reserve), “WORLD WAR II ROAD BLOCKS / 1942 / THESE CONCRETE BLOCKS WERE ORIGINALLY SITUATED…”
- [To the Memory of / Gilbert W. Lewis / 1921 - 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84478-whitewash-reserve), “TO THE MEMORY OF / GILBERT W. LEWIS / 1921 - 1995 / 'I must go down to the sea a…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Trish & Rick'S / Seat](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Trish%20%26%20Rick'S%20%2F%20Seat)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Trish%20%26%20Rick'S%20%2F%20Seat)
- [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), 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 the plan’s Cliff Collapse Management Area 2 band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the slope-hazard watch
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC35.1 - 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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 389 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57853&lon=172.77672&radius=250

## Around it

- [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/park/1617-giants-nose), regional park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-193-sumner), track · ~800 m
- [In Memory of our Wonderful Parents / Ian & Sadie / Scott](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311064-taylors-mistake-beach), plaque · ~650 m
- [In Memory of / Ray and Cynthia / Taylor / of Redcliffs 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311065-taylors-mistake-beach), plaque · ~700 m
- [In Memory of / Ray and Cynthia / Taylor / of Redcliffs 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311063-godley-beach-park), plaque · ~700 m
- [In Loving Memory of Valerie May Johnson 1913 – 1998](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58038-nicholson-park), plaque · ~700 m


## The reports nearby
42 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7012076), [111D Taylors Mistake Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/111d-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6905956), [115 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/115-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6886635), [8 Appian Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/8-appian-lane)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/5449104), [113 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/113-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5302603), [121 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/121-taylors-mistake-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4387879), [145 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/145-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4385560), [145 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/145-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4346467), [111 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/111-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4035584), [143 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/143-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/4031342), [129 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/129-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3962651), [143 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/143-taylors-mistake-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3912298), [145 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/145-taylors-mistake-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Whitewash Reserve in [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), 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 Whitewash Reserve?**

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

**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/84433-whitewash-reserve
