Conservation logo chosen
Wellington reporter A symbolic logo for the new Department of Conservation is intended to depict its role and identity by blending European and Maori symbols. It is in the shape of a traditional heraldic shield with a curling fem frond in white to represent Tane-mahuta, spirit of the forest and guardian of life on earth, on a ground of blue and green. The blue at the top of the • shield represents
Rangi, the sky father, while the green below represents Papa, the earth mother. Viewed from the opposite angle the logo resembles New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, supported by the protective arm of Tane. The Department starts officially on April 1 and will administer national parks, forest parks, maritime parks, reserves, wilderness and ecological areas, archaeological sites and historic places.
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Press, 9 March 1987, Page 30
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