# These Two Tables / Donated by Family, Friends, a plaque of Northwood

A plaque of the city, standing at Styx Mill Conservation Reserve in Northwood, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> THESE TWO TABLES / DONATED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS / OF WALKTOLOGIST / GRAEME STANLEY / ON HIS 60th BIRTHDAY / DECEMBER 5th 1998 / CARPE DIEM

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: [Styx Mill Conservation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1295-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Rides on: other
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100830/00378/R0068197.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [This Bridge Was Constructed by the / Lions Club of Waimairi](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90329-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), “This bridge was constructed by the / Lions Club of Waimairi / To commemorate the…”
- [Young Totara Awards](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90334-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), “YOUNG TOTARA AWARDS / THE TOTARA TREES IN THIS AREA ARE PLANTED IN RECOGNITION /…”
- [This Kahikatea Was Planted by / Graham Condon QSM JP](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90336-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), “This Kahikatea was planted by / Graham Condon QSM JP / Chairman of the / Parks a…”
- [Commemorating / Adrienne Stanleys / 11 Years Voluntary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90362-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), “COMMEMORATING / ADRIENNE STANLEYS / 11 YEARS VOLUNTARY / SERVICE 1998–2009 / TO…”
- [Styx Mill Conservation Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90367-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), the surveyor’s note: no text found

## In the archive

- [Documents naming These Two Tables / Donated by Family, Friends](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=These%20Two%20Tables%20%2F%20Donated%20by%20Family%2C%20Friends)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=These%20Two%20Tables%20%2F%20Donated%20by%20Family%2C%20Friends)
- [Styx Mill Conservation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1295-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood), 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 liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Styx River
- [Inside a kept landscape, SF4.0 - Significant Feature](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 September 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 10 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46407&lon=172.60887&radius=250

## Around it

- [Styx Mill Conservation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1295-styx-mill-conservation-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Glen Oaks Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1094-glen-oaks-reserve), community park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-393-casebrook), track · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-437-belfast), track · ~800 m
- [Proudly Dontared by Northwood Residents Assosiation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311075-northwood-park), plaque · ~900 m
- [Proudly Dontared by Northwood Residents Assosiation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311074-northwood-park), plaque · ~950 m
- [O'Neill Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115825-o-neill-reserve), plaque · 1.1 km
- [Manufactured by / Odyssey House / Trust](https://www.chch.live/plaque/308393-groynes), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
30 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8987062), [33 Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/33-glen-oaks-drive)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8962676), [130 Hussey Road, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/130-hussey-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8907070), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8371332), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8208169), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/6198819), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5880124), [33 Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/33-glen-oaks-drive)
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/5170932), [38 Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/38-glen-oaks-drive)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5075488), Styx Mill Conservation Reserve, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4746015), [241 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/241-cavendish-road)
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4313195), [43 Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/43-glen-oaks-drive)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4312514), [43 Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/northwood/43-glen-oaks-drive)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Styx Mill Conservation Reserve in [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood), 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 Styx Mill Conservation Reserve?**

6 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

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.


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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/90364-styx-mill-conservation-reserve
