# The New Brighton Surf Bathing & Lifesaving Club, a plaque of New Brighton A plaque of the city, standing at New Brighton Surf Lifesaving C in New Brighton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > The New Brighton Surf Bathing & Lifesaving Club / Inc. 14 July 1910 / This plaque commemorates 100 years of voluntary service / by members of the New Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club / in providing safety on this beach for the benefit of all. / The original Club House was located adjacent to this site / and was destroyed by fire in 1954. / The club was rebuilt on its present position north of this site / and officially opened on 2nd November 1957. / Service / Endurance / Vigilance / 1910 – 2010 / 'In it for life' 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: New Brighton Surf Lifesaving C - The suburb: [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton) - The year the register carries: 2012 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20120202/Image 173.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming The New Brighton Surf Bathing & Lifesaving Club](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20New%20Brighton%20Surf%20Bathing%20%26%20Lifesaving%20Club) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20New%20Brighton%20Surf%20Bathing%20%26%20Lifesaving%20Club) - [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), 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 - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 19 December 2018 · ~200 m from the pin · 334 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50625&lon=172.7312&radius=250 ## Around it - [New Brighton Beach Developed](https://www.chch.live/park/1037-new-brighton-beach-developed), the regional park it’s inside - [New Brighton Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1794-new-brighton-beach), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-182-new-brighton), track · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Bexley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-179-bexley), track · ~700 m - [Peter Ryan Smith / 16-1-1943 – 18-11-11](https://www.chch.live/plaque/116839-new-brighton-beach-developed), plaque · under 150 m - [New Brighton Beach Developed plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/286999-new-brighton-beach-developed), plaque · under 150 m - [This Pillar / Was Erected by / Geo](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310918-new-brighton-beach-developed), plaque · under 150 m - [New Brighton Pier Lighting / 21 June 2007](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95674-lonsdale-st-and-shackleton-st), plaque · under 150 m ## The reports nearby 3,235 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9092863), [27 Hawke Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/27-hawke-street) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9092851), Hawke St near Keppel St, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9088657), [69 Brighton Mall, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/69-brighton-mall) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9083515), [12 Hawke Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-hawke-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9081245), [207 Marine Parade, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/207-marine-parade) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9081116), [3 Beresford St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/3-beresford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9045895), [195 Marine Pde, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/195-marine-parade) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9045890), [213 Marine Pde, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/213-marine-parade) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9018877), [205 Marine Parade, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/205-marine-parade) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9015926), [213 Marine Pde, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/213-marine-parade) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9002388), Pier Terminus 195 213 Marine Parade, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8996177), [3 Beresford St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/3-beresford-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at New Brighton Surf Lifesaving C in [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), 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. **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. --- 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/96548-new-brighton-surf-lifesaving-c