City coat of arms
Sir,—Why should an enlarged City of Christchurch change its coat of arms? The coat of arms of a city should portray some-
thing of its history and background. The Christchurch Coat of Arms does just that. Designed in 1949 by a Christchurch architect, R. S. D. Harman, there are four ships representing the organised colonisation of 1850, a bishop’s mitre depicting the influence of the Church of England in the settlement, a fleece and garb showing the agricultural and pastoral activities involving the city, while the Avon and Heathcote rivers are represented by two wavy bars. It is nonsense to suggest that the present enlargement of the city is a valid ground for replacing its coat of arms; if that were so, the coat of arms should have been changed in 1953 when the city was increased in size by nearly 8000 acres to 24,737 acres, a 50 per cent increase. Though I am a Riccarton councillor, I urge that the coat of arms is part of our history and should be retained. — Yours, etc., BRIAN HARMAN. August 29, 1989.
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