Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting

105 Cathedral Square · Central City

The encyclopaedia on it

The Godley Statue is a bronze statue situated in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. It commemorates the "Founder of Canterbury" John Robert Godley. It was the first statue portraying a person in New Zealand. The statue fell off its plinth in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and time capsules were discovered inside the plinth. It was four years before the statue was returned to its position.

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What is known

Nothing is recorded about this place yet.

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What a search of DigitalNZ returned for this place. Nobody has read these yet, so nothing here is being asserted about the ground.

The Godley Plot in Cathedral Square — 18 Nov 1971
Alterations to Godley plot — 1 Jul 1934
HUMPTY DUMPTY'S FALL (NZ Truth, 04 December 1930) …square is sacred to the memory of john robert godley the founder of canterbury and whose statue is the only thing which might grace it the position is now unique for not only was the tram shelter pla… — 4 Dec 1930
Graffiti on the John Robert Godley Statue — 1 Mar 1973
Market Square — 1 Jan 1880
Reverse side of the statue of John Robert Godley — 15 Oct 2004
Citizens War Memorial, Cathedral Square — 1 Jan 1987
Back of a bus in Cathedral Square — 1 Jan 1977
Crowd in Cathedral Square — 1 Jan 1993
Buskers in Cathedral Square — 1 Jan 2000

Nearby on the register

Citizens' War Memorial and Setting — 99 Cathedral Square
Cathedral Square and Setting
Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office — 1 Cathedral Square
ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting — 100 Cathedral Square
Triangle Reserve and Setting — 291F High Street
Public Trust Building — 152 Oxford Terrace
Former Midland Club and Setting — 176 Oxford Terrace
Commercial Building and Setting, Former Cook and Ross — 201/779 Colombo Street

The reports nearby

6,981 council reports pinned within 250 m of the place — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,775 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.