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Kōrero: Coat of arms

Royal coat of arms in the New Zealand Gazette

Royal coat of arms in the <em>New Zealand Gazette</em>

Despite the fact that a New Zealand coat of arms was formally adopted in 1911, the royal coat of arms continued to be commonly used in New Zealand for the next 35 years. Here it appears on the masthead of the New Zealand Gazette in December 1946.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: New Zealand Gazette (1846): 1951

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Stephen Levine, Coat of arms – British and 1911 coats of arms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/35061/royal-coat-of-arms-in-the-new-zealand-gazette (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Mike Butler
18 April 2021
Was the 1956 Coat of arms gazetted, if so , when