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Godley Head (Gun Battery), Banks Peninsular

John Maillard
Godley Head is a recreation reserve administered by the Department of Conservation under the Reserves Act 1977. This reserve is a concept of land management that provides the public with the opportunity to observe an active rural situation combined with experiencing recreational activities.
Built in 1939, the Godley Head coastal defence battery is ranked as one of the top ten New Zealand coastal defence heritage sites.

This headland is a breathtaking coastal location, only 50 minutes drive from Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Built in 1939, the fort is ranked in the top ten New Zealand coastal defence heritage sites.

Even before the fort was built, the visual range of the headland was used to guide ships around the peninsula, with the help of the Godley Head light. The lighthouse, built in 1865, had to be moved during WWII to make way for the fort. Please note; public access is not available to the lighthouse in its current location.

In the threatening early years of World War II, Cantabrians were comforted that the long-range guns of the fort ensured their city was not defenceless against a surprise attack. In its heyday, the fort was staffed by over 400 men and women and was a self-contained community.

It closed in 1963 and remaining today are three large gun emplacements, seven military buildings, and other features. A complete WW2 anti-aircraft gun on long-term loan from Ferrymead Trust has been returned to the site.

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Briefly about John Maillard

Photo by John Maillard

John Maillard is a Canterbury artist using photography and related print making and drawing.

John has a Ba honors degree, a Masters degree and thirty years experience. He has twenty years experience as a professional educator in photography.

He has worked with and studied with world class photographic practitioners, artists and thinkers, for example, Paul Kilsby, Paul Hill, Martyn Greenhalgh, Brian Griffin, Deborah Baker, Roy Montgomery and Martin Parr.

Johns work is about the landscapes of the south Island and the rural community he lives in.

The themes of the work are many and varied, the story of the landscape and land use, the grandeur of south Island views.
John tries to capture the unseen elements in his work.
Subjects like wind, elements and time passed, all play a role in his visualisation of the landscape.

Johns main influence was his German grandfather, who was a painter in Northern Germany. The great mid century American landscape and late century British photographers have also been an influence.

Exhibitions

2014        Art Box “community Halls” solo show
2014       Collected works Nut point center
2014       Public Space. Container image, landscape on four containers, center of
Sumner, NZ.
2012       Summer show Nut point center NZ
2012       time-lapse  with live performance by Roy Montgomery, the Physics
Room.
2011       Selected Landscapes Alexis Gallery
2010       Selected Landscapes Alexis Gallery
2009       Sole Contributing photographer for a projected multimedia display
at the Christchurch winter festival.
2009       COCA Christchurch, ‘New Work’ (November)
2008       COCA Christchurch, ‘Paths’
2008       Two Rivers Gallery, Cheviot, ‘Time and Paths’
2002.       CPIT School Art and design, ‘Digital printmaking’.
1999.       Moot Hall, Daventry, ‘Isle of Man Landscapes.’
1998.       Banbury college of Art, Landscapes, still lives and digital
images  of the ‘Isle of Man.’
1987        Wyvern Theatre Arts centre, Swindon.

Group exhibitions
2014        Chambers 241 gallery group show
2013.      “Unknowable” With Wendy Clarke, John Maillard, Stefan Roberts.
2013        Wellington academy of Arts. Cliff to Clay group show NZ
2012        Chambers 241 group show
2007        CPIT Staff Show, COCA Christchurch
2004.       Barbie Aotearoa, COCA Christchurch.
2001.       Road mender, Arts Center, Northampton. Arts Week.
1999.       Oxo Tower, the South Bank, London.

1997,  1998, 1998. 1999
The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury,
1985        Commonwealth Centre, London, Images of Malta.

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Purchase prints online from the Waihora

Photography by John Maillard

New Zealand Landscape Gallery Online Print Shop
You can purchase signed original prints from this site.

To Purchase Click here for the Waihora online store

All prints are made on archival paper 310gsm. using Epson Ultracrome pigment inks.
You can buy most prints in various sizes:-

11x 17 inch with a suitable handling edge,
17×22, the edge will vary according to the aspect ratio of the camera or process I have used.
A2 depending on stock.

All prints are packed in robust tubes, I have even sent prints in drain pipes overseas, to ensure they arrive in good condition

You can also buy packs of 10 A4 prints signed and wrapped, printed on Archival Mat Paper,
Along with books and postcard packs.

We can also provide much larger prints by order.