Premierzy Nowej Zelandii

Sir William Fox, ca 1890 Photographer: Herman John Schmidt Reference Number: 1/1-001321-G Gelatin dry plate negative

This is a copy of part of an original montage of photographs depicting members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, Second Parliament, 1860.

Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924 Photograph from New Zealand Free Lance Reference Number: PAColl-5469-012 Original print Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library

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Alfred Domett, c 1870-1887 Unidentified photographer Reference Number: 1/4-003114-G Gelatin dry plate negative Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library

• The Coat of Arms depict a shield with four quadrants divided by a central "pale". The first quadrant depicts the four stars on the flag of New Zealand; the second quadrant depicts a golden fleece, representing the nation's farming industry; the third depicts a sheaf of wheat for agriculture; and the fourth quadrant depicts crossed hammers for mining. The central pale depicts three galleys, representing New Zealand's maritime nature and also the Cook Strait. The Dexter supporter is a European woman carrying the flag of New Zealand, while the Sinister supporter is a Maori Warrior holding a Taiaha (Fighting weapon) and wearing a Kaitaka (flax cloak). The Shield is topped by the Crown of St. Edward, the Monarch of New Zealand's Crown. Below is a scroll with "New Zealand" on it, behind which (constituting the "heraldic compartment" on which the supporters stand) are two fern branches.