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Coat of arms in the Beehive

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Coat of arms in the Beehive

New Zealand's prime ministers give regular media briefings in the executive wing of Parliament (known as 'the Beehive') in Wellington. Here Prime Minister John Key and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stand behind lecterns displaying the coat of arms, at a media conference in 2010.

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Stephen Levine, Coat of arms – A new coat of arms, 1956, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36252/coat-of-arms-in-the-beehive (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Stephen Levine, published 17 April 2012.