Image: Crest of the City of New Plymouth, Taranaki

Description: This image represents to crest (coat of arms) of the City of New Plymouth (New Zealand). The design used from 1941 until 1989 thus showed the following: The Maori weapons shown behind the shield are: Top right: A Ko-a digging implement sometimes used as a Weapon of war. Lower right: A Tewhatemha - a weapon of war with quillets of split feathers attached. Top left: A Taiaha - a weapon oi- staff of rank. Orators carry this 'taiaha' while addressing their people. Lower left: A Hoe - a paddle. Top right quarter: A berthed merchant vessel depicting the development of the port and importance of commerce. Bottom right quarter: New Plymouth airport and the monoplane Southern Cross. This marks the importance of commercial aviation and associates the area with the pioneer trans - Tasman flights by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm. Top left quarter: A Jersey cow, representative of the dairying interests in the Taranaki province. Bottom left quarter: A Heitiki - the Maori ornament. Hei translates as being a neck ornament and tiki is the form of man.
Title: Crest of the City of New Plymouth, Taranaki
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