Coat of arms of New Zealand

The coat of arms of New Zealand is valid in its current form since 1956.

Description

The coat of arms is quartered in a blue and red shield with a silver stake.

It shows in blue the first field of the Southern Cross ( Southern Cross ) with silbergeränderten five-pointed stars as a symbol of the state and in blue the fourth field gold miner tools, symbols for agriculture, livestock and mining, as well as a golden fleece in the red second field and the third field red in a golden sheaf of corn. The three black running to the left sailing ships with ausliegenden rowing in the stake are of the importance of maritime trade and for the settlement of New Zealand from the sea.

The coat of arms is the right of a white woman with the flag of New Zealand in his hand, a symbol of European immigrants, and on the left by a tattooed Māori in traditional garb, the Kaitaka from New Zealand flax and a Taiaha, a long battle mace in hand, symbol of the Native American, kept as a plate holder. Both are on branches of Silberfarns, the national flower. It is a silver band with the state name "NEW ZEALAND ".

About the shield floats the British crown Edwards as symbols of formal British rule.

The coat of arms of New Zealand can be seen in modified form, to the Royal Standard in New Zealand, the flag of the British Queen.

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