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Kōrero: Ferns and lycophytes

Remembering a soldier

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Remembering a soldier

The leaf of the silver fern is an unofficial emblem of New Zealand, appearing on military insignia and war graves.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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Patrick Brownsey, Ferns and lycophytes – Ferns in New Zealand culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10912/remembering-a-soldier (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Patrick Brownsey, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.