The fantail featured in a special pictorial issue of stamps in the 1930s. New Zealand Post describes the halfpenny stamp as follows:
Fantail: issued July 1937 – 1/2d
The fantail or 'piwakawaka' in Maori, is a very sociable
New Zealand native. The bird's name derives from its
beautiful tail of twelve feathers, which broadly expands
as the bird flits about.
In the background of the design is one of the best-known
flowers of the New Zealand bush, the beautiful clematis,
which is particularly appropriate, as both the bird and
the flower are usually found near the edge of the
forest.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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