# H.M.N.Z.S Kiwi Association / 1941 - 1945, a plaque of Cashmere

A plaque of the city, standing at Victoria Park in Cashmere, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> H.M.N.Z.S KIWI ASSOCIATION / 1941 - 1945 / THE ORIGINAL CREW PLANTED THIS TREE TO THE REMEMBERANCE OF ALL WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / APRIL 1985

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: [Victoria Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1245-victoria-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)
- The year the register carries: 2004
- Rides on: stone plinth
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100528/00377/R0079182.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming H.M.N.Z.S Kiwi Association / 1941 - 1945](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=H.M.N.Z.S%20Kiwi%20Association%20%2F%201941%20-%201945)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=H.M.N.Z.S%20Kiwi%20Association%20%2F%201941%20-%201945)
- [Victoria Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1245-victoria-park), the ground’s own page
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 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 kept landscape, ONL38.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The rockfall survey counts 6 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 604 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59199&lon=172.64461&radius=250

## Around it

- [Victoria Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1245-victoria-park), the regional park it’s inside
- [Elizabeth Park](https://www.chch.live/park/931-elizabeth-park), regional park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-531-cashmere), track · under 150 m
- [Rest and Ponder](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91492-20th-battalion-memorial), plaque · under 150 m
- [These Trees Were Planted / in Memory of the Men](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91499-19th-battalion-memorial), plaque · under 150 m
- [This Olive Tree Was Planted on / 20th May 1984](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84766-elizabeth-park), plaque · 1.2 km
- [Planted on 21st February 1998 / by John William Jameson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112575-cracroft-reserve), plaque · 1.4 km


## The reports nearby
82 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8377833), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8216086), [101 Victoria Park Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/101-victoria-park-road)
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8160943), [101 Victoria Park Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/101-victoria-park-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8097319), Harry Ell Track 125 Victoria Park Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8077758), [10 Victoria Park Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-victoria-park-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8070292), [125 Victoria Park Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/125-victoria-park-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7886063), [389 Dyers Pass Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/389-dyers-pass-road)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7796240), [101 Victoria Park Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/101-victoria-park-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7767532), Harry Ell Track 125 Victoria Park Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7514792), Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7349690), [101 Victoria Park Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/101-victoria-park-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7210277), [125 Victoria Park Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/125-victoria-park-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Victoria Park in [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 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 2004. 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/91496-victoria-park
