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Coat of arms, Supreme Court building, Wellington

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Coat of arms, Supreme Court building, Wellington

The coat of arms can be displayed in different contexts and made from different materials. Here it is displayed in copper, on the outside of the building housing the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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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/36250/coat-of-arms-supreme-court-building-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Stephen Levine, published 17 April 2012.