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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1955. | The arms were granted in 1955. | ||
The arms include part of the | The arms include part of the arms of Lord Petre, an important officer of the New Zealand Company, after whom the City was first named, and part of the arms of William Hogg Watt, the first Mayor. | ||
The Rutland Stockade is a reminder that Wanganui was a garrison town from 1846 to 1870, the period during which the British Regiments were stationed in Wanganui.<br/> | The Rutland Stockade is a reminder that Wanganui was a garrison town from 1846 to 1870, the period during which the British Regiments were stationed in Wanganui.<br/> | ||