# Reuter Park / Donated 1995 by / Horst and Christa Reuter, a plaque of Governors Bay

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

## The words it carries

> REUTER PARK / DONATED 1995 BY / HORST AND CHRISTA REUTER

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: [Reuter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1651-reuter-park), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay)
- The year the register carries: 1998
- Rides on: seat
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100814/00377/R0080930.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Reuter Park / Donated 1995 by / Horst and Christa Reuter](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Reuter%20Park%20%2F%20Donated%201995%20by%20%2F%20Horst%20and%20Christa%20Reuter)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Reuter%20Park%20%2F%20Donated%201995%20by%20%2F%20Horst%20and%20Christa%20Reuter)
- [Reuter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1651-reuter-park), 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
- [Inside a silent-file precinct](https://www.chch.live/cultural), the plan keeps the specifics quiet
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - 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 39 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 12 came down · 1 wobbles easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 428 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.61609&lon=172.64788&radius=250

## Around it

- [Reuter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1651-reuter-park), the regional park it’s inside
- [Sugarloaf Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1522-sugarloaf-reserve), regional park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-527-cashmere), track · ~900 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-494-christchurch), track · ~900 m
- [Sandy Beach Track plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310939-sandy-beach-track), plaque · ~950 m
- [Sister City Garden](https://www.chch.live/plaque/86177-coronation-hill-reserve), plaque · 1.1 km
- [Pat Parkinson on the Occasion of Opening the Restored Old](https://www.chch.live/plaque/947-cholmondeley-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km
- [International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
2 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2000307), Governors Bay, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1379474), [48 Zephyr Terrace, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/48-zephyr-terrace)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Reuter Park 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 seat. 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 1998. 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/91983-reuter-park
