# Sister City Garden, a plaque of Governors Bay A plaque of the city, standing at Coronation Hill Reserve in Governors Bay, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Sister City Garden / (dedication text 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: [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Rides on: stone plinth - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100717/00377/R0080495.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Sister City Garden](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Sister%20City%20Garden) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Sister%20City%20Garden) - [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Sign of the Kiwi Grounds and Setting - [Inside a silent-file precinct](https://www.chch.live/cultural), the plan keeps the specifics quiet - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.3 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 90 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 16 came down · 22 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 529 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60633&lon=172.64531&radius=250 ## Around it - [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve), the regional park it’s inside - [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/park/1596-marleys-hill), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-527-cashmere), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-494-christchurch), track · ~600 m - [Reuter Park / Donated 1995 by / Horst and Christa Reuter](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91983-reuter-park), plaque · 1.1 km - [These Trees Were Planted / in Memory of the Men](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91499-19th-battalion-memorial), plaque · 1.5 km - [Rest and Ponder](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91492-20th-battalion-memorial), plaque · 1.5 km - [H.M.N.Z.S Kiwi Association / 1941 - 1945](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91496-victoria-park), plaque · 1.6 km ## The reports nearby 54 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8810241), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8605399), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8454820), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8445859), [561 Dyers Pass Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7209894), 1813–1843 Summit Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6809710), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6744031), Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6230393), 1813–1843 Summit Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6024386), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5964445), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5610150), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) - [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5521524), [561 Dyers Pass Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/561-dyers-pass-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Coronation Hill Reserve in [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), 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 stone plinth. 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. --- 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/86177-coronation-hill-reserve