The Godley Head Heritage Trust

Joining the Trust

Join the membership and become actively involved in the preservation of New Zealand history.

Why You Should Join The Trust

Active involvement in the preservation of New Zealand history is the key to our existence.

Benefits of membership are:

• Attend regular working bees to restore and preserve the existing installations
• Undertake research and study into the history of Godley Head
• Obtain the regularly published Godley Head Beacon newsletter.
• Pursue your skills and interests to help with our overall plan
• Meet with members, their families and friends at social events and sharing your interests

You can join at the Joining the Trust page and become a member of the Godley Head Heritage Trust.

Working Bees

Members are given the chance to get down and dirty with history. Structures are excavated, cleared and preserved. Here are some before and after photos of the Godley Head miniture range after DOC (Department of Conservation) and the Trust worked their magic.

Research and Study

All historic record is inadequate. Only persistent research of people and records can begin to clear the mists of history.

Members of the Trust conduct oral history interviews, and research archives in an ongoing effort to collect a definitive history of the Godley Head area. An extensive photographic collection is being assembled as part of the work.

The above research is forming a public database which will be available to all interested parties. Summaries of the data will appear on this website as it becomes available.

Recorded oral histories will be deposited with these internationally recognised archives

• Alexander Turnball Library
  Wellington
  New Zealand
• McMillan Brown Library
  University of Canterbury
  Christchurch
  New Zealand

Public access to these records and to the photographic collection can also be gained by contacting the Godley Head Trust Historian.

Newsletter

A newsletter covering the activities of the Trust and articles related to Godley Head is posted to all members. Archived copies of past newsletters are made available online.

Pursuing Skills and Interests

Members specialist skills are constantly called on for specific projects. Here, members can apply their expertise to such diverse activities as weapons restoration, and redesigning the sewerage system. These specialist skills are also passed on to those who assist.

Social Events

Regular gatherings of members are encouraged to foster the sense of community and comradeship.

External Members

External membership gives access to the resources and expertise of the Trust for your own research and study. It also fosters both national and international interest in the recording and preservation of military history.

Join the Godley Head Heritage Trust

The annual subscription for the Godley Head Heritage Trust is $30. For those who would like to join our community, please fill in the following form.

Membership Form

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