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Used by: [[New Zealand Herald Extraordinary]] | Used by: [[New Zealand Herald Extraordinary]] | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:nzheraldextr.png|center| | |align="center"|[[File:nzheraldextr.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Badge) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:nzheraldextr2.png|center| | |align="center"|[[File:nzheraldextr2.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Heraldic Banner) | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A complex Māori Koru coloured in the traditional manner proper ensigned by a representation of the Royal Crown also proper. | A complex Māori Koru coloured in the traditional manner proper ensigned by a representation of the Royal Crown also proper. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Koru design is used to decorate the rafters of Māori meeting houses, where important ceremonies take place, and it is also found on a number of objects at these ceremonial gatherings. The loops and coils of the Koru also represent the complex Māori genealogical tree of the Whakapapa. Māori genealogy is based for the most part on oral evidence and tradition, and in art the Koru is used to represent this. | The Koru design is used to decorate the rafters of Māori meeting houses, where important ceremonies take place, and it is also found on a number of objects at these ceremonial gatherings. The loops and coils of the Koru also represent the complex Māori genealogical tree of the Whakapapa. Māori genealogy is based for the most part on oral evidence and tradition, and in art the Koru is used to represent this. | ||
[[Literature]]: | [[Literature]]: | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] |
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