# Centennial Memorial / to the Pioneer Women / of Canterbury, a plaque of Lyttelton A plaque of the city, standing at Pioneer Womens Memorial in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL / TO THE PIONEER WOMEN / OF CANTERBURY / THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY / LILIAN PRISCILLA WAKEFIELD / GRAND DAUGHTER OF EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD / (date 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: [Pioneer Womens Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1411-pioneer-womens-memorial), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) - The year the register carries: 1998 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100514/00377/R0078905.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [On This Spot the Pioneer Women of Canterbury and Their](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85023-pioneer-womens-memorial), “ON THIS SPOT THE PIONEER WOMEN OF CANTERBURY AND THEIR FAMILIES RESTED AFTER THE…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Centennial Memorial / to the Pioneer Women / of Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Centennial%20Memorial%20%2F%20to%20the%20Pioneer%20Women%20%2F%20of%20Canterbury) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Centennial%20Memorial%20%2F%20to%20the%20Pioneer%20Women%20%2F%20of%20Canterbury) - [Pioneer Womens Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1411-pioneer-womens-memorial), the ground’s own page - [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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 - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Bridle Path - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 123 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 40 came down · 7 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M4.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 488 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59355&lon=172.70813&radius=250 ## Around it - [Pioneer Womens Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1411-pioneer-womens-memorial), the regional park it’s inside - [Whakaraupo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/914-whakaraupo-reserve), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-163-heathcote-valley), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · under 150 m - [Whakaraupo Pou plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90761-whakaraupo-pou), plaque · ~600 m - [In Memory of John Richard Webb](https://www.chch.live/plaque/465-simeon-quay-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km - [In Memory of Stanley James Helms 1947 - 1997 in Recognition](https://www.chch.live/plaque/481-sutton-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km - [In Memory of / Roger Georgieff](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311073-heathcote-domain), plaque · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 16 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/8576139), [915 Summit Road, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/915-summit-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7135525), Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6319252), [825 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/825-summit-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6290051), [825 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/825-summit-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6120605), Bridle Path, Canterbury, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4201760), [825 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/825-summit-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3495489), CP46+54 Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1772145), Summit Road, Lyttelton, Canterbury, 8082, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1772056), The Crater Rim Walkway, Lyttelton, Canterbury, 8082, New Zealand - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1772009), The Crater Rim Walkway, Lyttelton, Canterbury, 8082, New Zealand - [Sewer - General](https://www.chch.live/report/1412119), [915 Summit Road, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/915-summit-road) - [Sewer - General](https://www.chch.live/report/1412117), [915 Summit Road, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/915-summit-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Pioneer Womens Memorial in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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 rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Pioneer Womens Memorial?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 1998. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- 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/85022-pioneer-womens-memorial