# Native Trees Please Planting, a plaque of Woolston

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

## The words it carries

> Native Trees Please Planting / Ecosystem planting by Avon–Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust, Ferrymead/Brookhaven Residents Association and Trees for Canterbury / Art by Christchurch South and Casebrook Intermediates / Support from Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board / www.ccc.govt.nz

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: [Charlesworth Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1333-charlesworth-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston)
- The year the register carries: 2009
- Rides on: post
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100527/00378/R0065611.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Native Trees Please Planting](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Native%20Trees%20Please%20Planting)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Native%20Trees%20Please%20Planting)
- [Charlesworth Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1333-charlesworth-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 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
- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Heathcote 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 “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai and environs
- [The plan zones this ground Residential Suburban](https://www.chch.live/zones), RS
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 540 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55285&lon=172.69732&radius=250

## Around it

- [Charlesworth Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1333-charlesworth-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Kotuku Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1658-kotuku-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bromley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-152-bromley), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-153-woolston), track · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-155-ferrymead), track · ~350 m
- [This Bollard… the Steam Wharf…](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55396-heathcote-quay-monuments), plaque · ~450 m
- [Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95137-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~850 m
- [Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95149-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · 1.1 km
- [New Zealand’S First Railway This Stone Marks the Site](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55674-first-railway-monument), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
169 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/8996669), [80 Ti Rakau Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/80-ti-rakau-drive)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8928713), [42 Shearwater Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/42-shearwater-drive)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8861284), [23 Kotuku Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/23-kotuku-crescent)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8716447), [66 Ti Rakau Drive, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/66-ti-rakau-drive)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8655226), Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8453065), [54 Charlesworth St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/54-charlesworth-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8442867), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8291354), [43 Kotuku Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/43-kotuku-crescent)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8276897), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8267074), [66 Ti Rakau Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/66-ti-rakau-drive)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8256491), [54 Charlesworth St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/54-charlesworth-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8253443), [54 Charlesworth St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/54-charlesworth-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Charlesworth Reserve in [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 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 post. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**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/85992-charlesworth-reserve
