Book set no 51 presented on 19th September 2023, at Hagley Hall, Worcestershire to The Rt. Hon. The 12th Viscount Cobham (Christopher Lyttelton), great, great-grandson of The 4th Baron Lyttelton who was Chairman of the Canterbury Association and after whom Lyttelton...

TERESA KUNDYCKI-CARRELL — JUN 6, 2023 In Week 5 Haydn Rawstron, an ex-chorister, school number 1804, returned to The Cathedral Grammar School to present a set of Godley Gifts to our Head Students to be placed in the School library for students to enjoy. The set...

A set of The John Robert Godley Memorial Trust’s limited edition book set, Godley Gifts, featuring writings and artwork by early Canterbury settler, James Edward FitzGerald, has been gifted to St Andrew’s College. FitzGerald’s great-granddaughter, Sue Blakely,...

St Saviour's Church at Holy Trinity, Lyttelton. The gifting event was a very successful occasion and the large turnout (100+ persons) really appreciated discovering the two remarkable 'Lyttelton' art works contained within the 'Godley Gifts' book set, discovering...

Presentation of Godley Gifts to The NZ High Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mataparae Office of the High Commissioner Sir Jerry welcomed me to tea at the High Commission and spent a good half hour discussing and viewing Godley Gifts. Sir Jerry was much...

The school was especially keen that 'Godley Gifts' should be presented at the formal lunch given to coincide with the 7-year reunion of alumni of 'Kilbracken House', one of the school's boarding houses, on 13th October 2018. Headmaster Peter Green generously...

Reception hosted by the Lord Speaker, Rt. Hon. The Lord Fowler The River Room, House of LordsI would like to highlight the presence of two people in the group photo. Christopher James 4th Baron Northbourne (extreme right, with stick) and Mary Weston (fifth from right,...

Presentation of Godley Gifts to Dame Helen Ghosh, Master of Balliol Reception hosted by The Master 'The most distinguished Balliol man of his time' was how Prime Minister Asquith described Arthur Godley. Arthur and his grandson, the 3rd Baron Kilbracken, both attended...

On 15 September, at Buckingham Palace in London, the gift of the prize-winning New Zealand bookset, Godley Gifts to Her Majesty The Queen, was accepted, on behalf of The Queen, by the Palace's Director of Records, Mr David Ryan. The bookset will be placed in...

On 20 March, at Christ Church, Oxford, Christopher Godley (Lord Kilbracken) presented a copy of Godley Gifts, to the college's library, where it will be housed alongside the manuscript material of Alice in Wonderland. Alice was written at Christ Church by one of its...

Letter to the Editor of The Press, Christchurch, 7 March 2009:Sir, Today the John Robert Godley Memorial Trust, named after Canterbury's founder and of which I am patron, makes available on the web the complete award-winning heritage book publication, Godley Gifts....

Prime Minister’s Reception Hosted by the National Librarian, Penny Carnaby. Haydn Rawstron, Trustee of the John Robert Godley Memorial Trust presented to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, a copy of ‘Godley Gifts’ which Ms. Clark in turn presented to the...

Although portions of James Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Seadrift’ had been viewed during the 2006 Heritage Week Exhibition, the full script and accompanying watercolours had never been presented to the public. This changed on Sunday 23 September, 2007 with the first public...

In 2006 the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch celebrated its sesquicentennial. Throughout the year events were held to mark this milestone. A funding request was put to the Christchurch City Council late 2006, to include in the year of celebrations, the first public...