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====Origin/meaning====The Coat of Arms for the City was granted by the Royal College of Arms (London) in 1978. | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The Coat of Arms for the City was granted by the Royal College of Arms (London) in 1978. | |||
The two birds in the Shield are Pigeons (<I>Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae</I>) representing the early bird life in the Valley's bush. The wavy band is a representation of the Hutt River and indicates its importance in the City of Upper Hutt. The bottom portion shows a Totara tree (<I>Podocarpus totara</I>) which symbolises the original vegetation that abounded on the Valley floor. Some are still preserved in Trentham Memorial Park and in early days many of these trees in the valley measured in metres across the butt and were a hundred feet in height before a branch appeared from the trunk. | The two birds in the Shield are Pigeons (<I>Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae</I>) representing the early bird life in the Valley's bush. The wavy band is a representation of the Hutt River and indicates its importance in the City of Upper Hutt. The bottom portion shows a Totara tree (<I>Podocarpus totara</I>) which symbolises the original vegetation that abounded on the Valley floor. Some are still preserved in Trentham Memorial Park and in early days many of these trees in the valley measured in metres across the butt and were a hundred feet in height before a branch appeared from the trunk. | ||