# The Parkinson Memorial Park Trust Assisted in This, a plaque of Governors Bay A plaque of the city, standing at Cholmondeley Reserve in Governors Bay, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THE PARKINSON MEMORIAL PARK TRUST ASSISTED IN THIS BUILDINGS RESTORATION 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: [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080124/00377/R0010740.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER 2001” - [Pat Parkinson on the Occasion of Opening the Restored Old](https://www.chch.live/plaque/947-cholmondeley-reserve), “PAT PARKINSON ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING THE RESTORED OLD SCHOOL BUILDING NOVEMB…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming The Parkinson Memorial Park Trust Assisted in This](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Parkinson%20Memorial%20Park%20Trust%20Assisted%20in%20This) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Parkinson%20Memorial%20Park%20Trust%20Assisted%20in%20This) - [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), 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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Pā Whakataka - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 7 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · ~650 m from the pin · 252 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62765&lon=172.64824&radius=250 ## Around it - [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Governors Bay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1399-governors-bay-scenic-reserve), community park · ~400 m - [Sandy Beach Track plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310939-sandy-beach-track), plaque · 1.2 km - [Reuter Park / Donated 1995 by / Horst and Christa Reuter](https://www.chch.live/plaque/91983-reuter-park), plaque · 1.3 km - [Playhut Donated to the Governors Bay Preschool by Jamie](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1335-allandale-domain), plaque · 1.6 km - [In Loving Memory / of / Norman Roberts](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311076-kennedys-bush), plaque · 1.9 km ## The reports nearby 39 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8752522), [45 Merlincote Crescent, Governors Bay Canterbury 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/45-merlincote-crescent) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8720518), [1 Ernest Adams Dr, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive) - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8400629), [118 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/118-main-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7310660), [1 Ernest Adams Dr, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7241031), [125 Main Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/125-main-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7171198), [100 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/100-main-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7171188), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7171175), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7171166), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7171157), [120 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/120-main-road) - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/6866418), [132 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/132-main-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6658982), [122 Main Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/122-main-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Cholmondeley Reserve 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 plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Cholmondeley Reserve?** 3 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. --- 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/953-cholmondeley-reserve