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Revising the coat of arms: George Woods’s suggestion

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Revising the coat of arms: George Woods’s suggestion

Draughtsman and illustrator George Woods proposed an updated version of the New Zealand coat of arms in the mid-1940s. In his design the European woman on the coat of arms – a bit like France’s Marianne – bares one of her breasts.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-094-q-001

by George Woods

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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/mi/artwork/35065/revising-the-coat-of-arms-george-woodss-suggestion (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Stephen Levine, i tāngia i te 17 April 2012.