# On This Spot the Pioneer Women of Canterbury and Their, 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 > ON THIS SPOT THE PIONEER WOMEN OF CANTERBURY AND THEIR FAMILIES RESTED AFTER THEIR CLIMB FROM THE PORT OF LYTTELTON / AND GAZED WITH AWE BUT WITH COURAGE UPON THE HILLS AND PLAINS OF CANTERBURY WHERE THEY WERE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES 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: 2000 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100514/00377/R0078906.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Centennial Memorial / to the Pioneer Women / of Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85022-pioneer-womens-memorial), “CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL / TO THE PIONEER WOMEN / OF CANTERBURY / THIS TABLET WAS UNV…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming On This Spot the Pioneer Women of Canterbury and Their](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=On%20This%20Spot%20the%20Pioneer%20Women%20of%20Canterbury%20and%20Their) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=On%20This%20Spot%20the%20Pioneer%20Women%20of%20Canterbury%20and%20Their) - [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 · 487 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59356&lon=172.70819&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](https://www.chch.live/plaque/486-captain-john-parsons-memorial), 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 other. 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 2000. 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/85023-pioneer-womens-memorial