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Christopher Homan

A plaque at Botanic Gardens, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

CHRISTOPHER HOMAN / 15.08.1976 - 22.02.2011 / IN OUR HEARTS YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY LOVED AND REMEMBERED EVERY DAY / DAD, MUM, PATRICK & MELANIE / CHRIS & LIAM
The ground
Botanic Gardens
The year
2012, the register’s commission
Rides on
seat
The register says
in service

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names 171

163 more names stand on the same ground, the whole roll keeps them: /plaques.

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

332 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 245 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet Canterbury · 11 October 2026
Graffiti on a playground or in a park 3410435, Christchurch Central City · 13 September 2026
Animal - Domestic Canterbury · 10 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet Riccarton Ave (Hospital), Christchurch Central City · 14 August 2026
Water Fountain Archery Lawn Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 31 July 2026
Public Toilet Canterbury · 17 July 2026
Pest / Vermin Canterbury · 23 June 2026
Animal - General Canterbury · 20 June 2026
Park - General Request 8, 8013 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City · 31 May 2026
Park - General Request Canterbury · 30 May 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Botanic Gardens in Christchurch Central, 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.

Are there others at Botanic Gardens?

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

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2012. 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/96385-botanic-gardens.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.