# Te Puna Ora plaque, a plaque of Christchurch Central

A plaque of the city, standing at Te Puna Ora in Christchurch Central, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

Filed "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it.

- The ground: Te Puna Ora
- The suburb: [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city)
- The year the register carries: 1998
- Status: in service

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Te Puna Ora plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Te%20Puna%20Ora%20plaque)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Te%20Puna%20Ora%20plaque)
- [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 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

- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~350 m from the pin · 115 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5301&lon=172.61928&radius=250

## Around it

- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), the botanic park it’s inside
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), sports ground park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), track · ~200 m
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85688-botanic-gardens), plaque · under 150 m
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/92223-botanic-gardens), plaque · under 150 m
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85670-botanic-gardens), plaque · under 150 m
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/85625-botanic-gardens), plaque · under 150 m


## The reports nearby
347 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9001746), New Zealand Icon Garden, Water Garden Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9001723), New Zealand Icon Garden, Water Garden Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8901516), 44–60 Riccarton Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8898312), [6 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-riccarton-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8883800), [10 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-riccarton-avenue)
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8876713), [14 Riccarton Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/14-riccarton-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8871959), Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8870951), Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8870950), [8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8844070), [8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8760385), [8 Riccarton Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8759294), [8 Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8013 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Te Puna Ora in [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The surveyor filed the inscription as "unknown", the weathering won, or nobody transcribed it. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real.

**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.


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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/85706-te-puna-ora
