The inaugural meeting of New Zealand Founders Society was held 1st March 1939. Today, 80 years later we continue to honour our “Founding families”. As with most Societies, many changes have taken place in the past.
This year at the New Zealand Founders Annual General Meeting in Auckland on 15th June, Delegates passed a remit, amending the constitution to change the logo. This is not the first change to the original logo which is the head of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. However, this is the most dramatic change.
Moving with the times, to modernise New Zealand Founders Society, delegates approved the following change of wording in the Constitution:
The oval shaped Crest shall represent a generic sailing ship at sea in the centre, surrounded by the words “New Zealand Founders Society” centred at the top, the Motto “The Founding Years” centred at the bottom. The wording and motto are separated by a star on each side.
The Badge shall be a rendering of the Crest and Motto in gilt on a background of royal blue and gold enamel.
We are grateful to Design expert and Hawke's Bay Branch Member, Stephanie Drew, for designing this very modern logo. Stephanie also designed the layout for our new Publicity Brochure.