The coats of arms of the governors-general from the Earl of Liverpool to Lord Galway were largely inherited, and so do not reflect on their lives or careers.[3] However, those from the 1940s onwards begin to show more elements reflecting the connections between the office of governor-general and New Zealand.[4]
Dexter: a Seaweed Rock proper, thereon a Heraldic Sea-Lionsejant Azure, resting the dexter paw on an Escutcheon per Fesswavy Argent and Azure, in chief a Cormorant Sable, beaked and legged Gules, holding in the beak a Branch of Seaweed (called laver) inverted Vert, and in base a Hawk, wings elevated and addorsed Argent.
Supporters: On either side, a Griffin, wings elevated Or, beaked, membered, ducally gorged, and on the wing three Fleurs-de-lis, one and two, all Azure, the dexter charged on the breast with a Torteau, thereon a Cross-Crossletfitchée Argent (Badge of Howard); and the sinister charged on the breast with a Pellet, thereon a Stag's Headcaboshed Argent (Badge of Cavendish).
Mottos: Over centre crest: Bydd ddiysgog (Be steadfast); Over dexter crest: Demoures ferme (Be fast); Over sinister crest: Bee fast; Under the arms: Soyes ferme (Be steadfast)[8]
Escutcheon: Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable, six swallows, three, two and one, Argent (Arundell); 2nd and 3rd Sable, on a chevron, between three martlets Or, as many mullets of the field (Monckton).
Crest: 1st, On a chapeau Azure doubled, turned up Ermine, a swallow Argent (Arundell); 2nd, A martlet Or (Monckton).
Escutcheon: Per Pale Azure and Gules two lions Passant Guardant in Pale Or on a chief Ermine a rose of the second barbed and seeded between a lotus flower and a sprig of New Zealand fern all Proper.
Crest: Issuant from an Astral Crown Or an eagle wings elevated Sable breathing flames proper.
Coronet: That of a Baron
Supporters: On either side a pegasus Argent gorged with an astral crown Or.
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Ermine, on a pale Gules three helmets Argent (Norrie); 2nd and 3rd, Or, on a chevron Azure between two poplar treeseradicated in chief Proper, and a mullet of six points in base Azure, a key the wards downwards Or (Moke).
Crest: Dexter, an elephant's head erased sable, tusked argent, supporting with the trunk a garb or (Norrie). Sinister, stag's head couped, holding in the mouth a branch of poplar proper, between the attired a key as in the arms pendant from a chain or (Moke).
Coronet: That of a Baron
Supporters: On either side a dark bayracehorse supporting between the forelegs a frond of New Zealand fern Proper.
Motto:Deus nobis providet (God provides for us)[18]
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st grandquarter Azure, a buckle Argent between three boars' heads couped Or armed and langued gules (Fergusson of Kilkerran) 2nd grandquarter, counterquartered; 1st and 4th Argent, an eagle displayed Sable beaked and membered Gules (Ramsay); 2nd and 3rd Gules, a chevron between three fleurs de lis Or (Broun of Colston): 3rd grandquarter, counterquartered; 1st and 4th Or, a lion rampant couped at all joints Gules within a double tressure flory counter flory Azure (Maitland); 2nd and 3rd Argent, a shakefork Sable (Cunningham of Glencairn): 4th grandquarter Or, on a saltire Azure nine lozenges of the first, on a bordure of the second eight mullets and as many boars' heads erased alternately Argent (Dalrymple of New Hailes): the whole within a bordure Argent for difference.
Crest: Issuing out of a mullet Argent a bee on a thistle Proper.
Coronet: That of a Baron
Supporters:Dexter, a soldier of the 42nd Highlanders, the Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment), attired in the full dress uniform of that regiment, including sporran and the feature bonnet as worn in the early 20th century; sinister, a Māori chieftain attired about the waist in a korowai (or mat) Argent, embellished with strings Sable, and over his left shoulder another korowai Or, also embellished with strings Sable, and embroidered Sable and Gules, two huia feathers in his hair, his face tattooed, a kuru (greenstone pendant) suspended from his dexter ear, his sinister hand grasping the shaft, and his dexter hand the tuft, of a taiaha (spear) held in bend sinister, point downwards Proper.
Motto:Dulcius ex asperis (Sweeter after difficulties)[21][22]
Escutcheon: Or, a serpent in bend vert between two lions' heads erased gules, on a chief of the last two swords points upwards in saltire of the first, between as many roses argent both surmounted by another gules barbed and seeded proper.
Crest: On a wreath Or and Gules, a demi Heraldic Antelope Gules armed Azure collared Or, holding a Torch of the last enflamed proper between two Fern Fronds Vert.
Coronet: That of a Baron
Supporters: On the dexter side an Eagle and on the sinister side a Tūī Bird both proper.
Motto:Sapienter et fortiter ferre (To bear bravely and wisely)[21]
Escutcheon: Per pale and per chevron embowed and enhanced Argent and Azure, three mitres (two and one) the infulae adorned with the Māori pītau kōwhaiwhai pattern and three estoiles (one and two) all Counterchanged, in the fess point a royal crown and cap of estate Proper.
Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure a circlet of the Māori poutama stepped pattern, statant thereon a tūī or parson bird (Prosthemadera novaseelandiae) Proper holding aloft in its dexter claw three feathers Argent their quills crossing in base.
Supporters: On the dexter a brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) and sinister a kōtuku or white heron (Egretta alba) beaks downward Proper each gorged with an ancient crown and supporting with the interior foot crozier Or with the shaft adorned with the Māori pītau kōwhaiwhai pattern Proper.
Compartment: A grassy mount with fern fronds growing therefrom Proper.
Motto:Whakarongo ("To listen" or "To be informed")[4]
Escutcheon: Barry wavy Argent and Azure overall a lymphad oars in action the sail Sable (Maclean) charged with a representation of the royal crown Proper pennons Gules between three escallops Or.
Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure within a circlet upon the rim eight New Zealand ferns (five manifest) Argent a Cat a Mountain guardant Sable (Macpherson) holding in its foreclaws a "Kate Sheppard" Camellia slipped and leaved Proper mantled Azure doubled Argent.
Supporters: Two New Zealand Wood Pigeons wings elevated addorsed Proper that on the dexter supporting with its interior foot a representation of the mace of the House of Representatives of New Zealand and that on the sinister likewise supporting with its interior foot a representation of the mace of the City of Auckland. All on a compartment comprising a grassy mount from which grow New Zealand fern and thistles all Proper.
Motto:Floreat Feles Felix (May the happy cat flourish)[4][26]
Escutcheon: Gules between two Pallets Argent a Cross formy convex Or on each limb a Mullet Gules on a Chief Or the Royal Crown between two full bottomed Wigs proper.
Crest: A North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis mantelli) supporting a Mace representing that of the New Zealand House of Representatives palewise Or and between the Mace and Kiwi a Barrister’s Wig proper.
Supporters: On either side an Indian Elephant Sable about its neck a Wreath of Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) Vert fructed with orange drupes proper.[28]
Escutcheon: Vert on a Fess invected Argent a Fess per fess indented of three points Gules and Sable thereon a Wave crested of three points each in the form of a Koru Argent all between three Whalebone Clubs or Kotiate bendwise sinister also Argent in the centre chief a Royal Crown proper.
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Vert a Fantail or Pīwakawaka wings extended fesswise the head lowered and the tail displayed upwards proper thereon five Mullets in cross Gules fimbriated Argent Mantled Argent Doubled Vert.
Supporters:Dexter A European Woman proper vested in a long evening dress and wearing slippers Vert gorged with a cord also Vert pendant therefrom a greenstone pendant or Pounamu Kuru and holding in the dexter arm its head to the sinister a ginger and white Cat proper.
Escutcheon: Gules between two Cotises bendwise two Masks bendwise in bend one of Comedy in chief and the other of Tragedy in base the ties hanging inwards those in base overlapping those in chief all between two Pūtōrino (Māori bugle flutes) bendwise Or.
Badge: A female Huia Proper statant on a Fern Frond curved upwards to the dexter Vert all within a solid Circular Chain charged with four stylised Mānuka Flowers in cross Or.
Supporters: On a Compartment Vert on which are red Pōhutukawa Blossom and yellow Kōwhai Flowers slipped and leaved two Tīeke Birds Proper.
Motto:He toi whakairo he mana tangata (Where there is artistic excellence there is human dignity)[30]
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, sable, a trefoil slipped within an orle of eight mullets, argent, Phipps; 2nd, paly of six, argent and azure, a bend, gules, Annesley; 3rd, the arms of King James II. within a border compony, ermine and azure.
Crest: A lion's jamb erased, sable, holding a trefoil slipped, argent.
Supporters:Dexter, a unicorn, ermine, armed, unguled, crined, and tufted, or, and gorged with a chaplet of roses; sinister, a goat, ermine, armed and unguled, azure, gorged as the dexter.
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th azure, three boars' heads couped within a double tressure flory counter-flory, adorned alternately with thistles and fleurs-de-lis, or Gordon; 2nd and 3rd quarterly, within a bordure sable, 1st and 4th gules, three cinquefoils pierced ermine, Hamilton; 2nd and 3rd argent, a lymphad sable, Arran.
Crests: 1st, two arms from the shoulder naked proper, holding a bent bow or, and in the act of letting fly an arrow proper; 2nd, out of a ducal coronet or, an oak tree, the stem cut transversely by a frame saw, the blade inscribed with the word “Through,” all proper; the body of the tree charged with an escutcheon argent, thereon a heart gules for difference.
Supporters:Dexter, a chief of the Fiji Islands, habited, and supporting with the exterior hand a club, all proper; sinister, an Adigar of the Island of Ceylon, habited, and holding in the exterior hand a staff of office, all proper.
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th or, an eagle with two heads displayed gules; a coat of augmentation for the earldom of Glasgow; 2nd and 3rd per bend embattled argent and gules, Boyle; over all an escutcheon or, charged with three stags’ horns gules, for the paternal coat of Boyle of Kelburne.
Crest: An eagle with two heads displayed per pale embattled gules and argent.
Supporters:Dexter, a savage, wreathed round the temples and loins, and holding in the dexter hand a branch of laurel all proper; sinister, a lion per pale embattled argent and gules.
Motto:Dominus providebit (The Lord will provide)[38][39][40]
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, pily counterpily of four traits or and sable, the points ending in crosses formée, two in chief and one in base, in the centre chief point a castle of the second and in base two martlets of the first, a chief azure, thereon a key erect, the wards upwards and to the sinister gold between a rose on the dexter and a fleur-de-lis on the sinister argent, Poynder; 2nd and 3rd, azure, an anchor erect encircled with an oak wreath vert between three mullets pierced or; on a chief paly of seven of the last and gules, a mural crown argent, Dickson.
Crests: 1st, issuant out of the battlements of a castle argent charged with a cross-flory gules, a dexter cubit arm, vested sable, charged with a key as in the arms, cuff or, the hand proper holding a cross patee fitchee in bend also argent; 2nd, over an armed arm brandishing a falchion proper, a trident and spear in saltire or.
Supporters:Dexter, an eagle proper; sinister, a lion gules; each gorged with a collar or, pendant therefrom a bezant charged with a rose gules.
Motto:Fortes fortuna juvat (Fortune favours the brave)[45][46]
↑ Other sources give "torteaux" (i.e. a red roundel) instead of "pellets".[31]
↑ Father of Sir Charles Fergusson, and grandfather of Sir Bernard Fergusson
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This article incorporates text from these sources, which are in the public domain:
Burke's The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (1864);
↑ TRANSCRIPT OF EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS - Grants 166/110 - Grant of Arms, Crest and Supporters to Sir Michael Hardie Boys, College of Arms, 2000
↑ TRANSCRIPT OF EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS - Grants 175/293 - Grant of Arms, Crest and Supporters to Sir Anand Satyanand, College of Arms, 2011
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The Taupaepae (official entrance hall) in Government House, Wellington
Carved armorial bearings on the walls of the Taupaepae in Government House
