Roto Kohatu – Shingle Lakes
A plaque at Roto Kohatu, standing in Harewood. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
ROTO KOHATU – SHINGLE LAKES / FORMED BY THE EXTRACTION OF SHINGLE / THE LAKES WERE DONATED TO THE / CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH / BY BITUMIX LIMITED IN 1988 / AND TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT / OF THE FORMER LANDFILL SITE / PROVIDE 35 ha OF RECREATIONAL RESERVE
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
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
47 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 40 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water Fountain
Water Fountain
Animal - Deceased
Water Fountain
Park - General Request
Abandoned Vehicle
Park - General Request
Public Toilet
Water Fountain
Public Toilet
Public Toilet
Public ToiletQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Roto Kohatu in Harewood, 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 rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2003. 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/90517-roto-kohatu.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.