Plaque 1 (Left) - World Peace Bell Association
A plaque at Botanic Gardens, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
Plaque 1 (left) - World Peace Bell Association / President Tomijiro Yoshida / The World Peace Bell is made from coins and medals donated by 103 countries of the world which have been mixed with copper and is a symbol of peace which gives an impression that the world is one. / The aim of the Association is to install the World Peace Bells in capitals of various countries and ring the Bells in the entire world, so as to promote the mutual understanding which transcends national boundaries and make contribution to the cause of world peace. / The World Peace Bell which stands in the courtyard of the United Nations headquarters in New York is rung annually by UN Secretary General in prayer for peace on the occasion of the opening of the UN General Assembly. The Following is a list of those who have offered cooperation to the Association by donating funds to it for the making of this World Peace Bell. Plaque 2 (right) - The New Zealand Chapter of the World Peace Bell Association gratefully acknowledges the generous support of / Christchurch City Council / Rotary Club of Linwood - Woolston / Peace Boat, Japan / Canterbury Community Trust / Courier Post / Canterbury Foundation / OK Gift Shop / Southern Trust / Kenhne and Nagel / Peace and Disarmament Education Trust / Beaufort Shipping / Gifted to the people of Christchurch 3 October 2006
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
The ground’s other names 171
163 more names stand on the same ground, the whole roll keeps them: /plaques.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
270 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 214 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Park - General Request
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Animal - Domestic
General Request
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Roads - General
Public ToiletQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Botanic Gardens in Christchurch Central, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
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.
172 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/86831-botanic-gardens.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.