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Girl Guides sash

This sash was worn by a member of the Raureka Girl Guide troop in Hastings in the early 1980s. The badge with the golden rope making a figure-of-eight is the chief commissioner's badge, the highest award for Girl Guides (aged 9½ to 14½) at the time.

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Helen Dollery, Youth organisations – Scouts and Guides, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/29511/girl-guides-sash (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Helen Dollery, published 26 April 2011.