The foundation Principal was requested by the Board of Governors to suggest a badge for the school.
He Explained to the Board that we wanted a symbol by which the school would be known and a motto to guide the pupils. The motto was quickly arrived at, but the form of the badge took 12 months to develop.
“By Loyalty and Courage” was considered by the Principal to be an ideal motto. Loyalty of the School’s members would always be needed and all would need sheer courage to pursue this and other basic values taught at th school. Mr Van Sambeek quickly provided the translation in Latin – Fide et Virtute. The Principal had many suggestions for the badge, from friends and acquaintances and from critics. As we were situated by the sea, most suggestions involved ships and sheffs. One good-natured friend suggested three flounders across the top, a tangle of sewer pipes with a victim sinking in the mud and a motto “Flounderati in Fluvitorium”.
An expert artist had composed the badges of most new schools of that time tried hard to persuade us to have a succession of scallops. The Principal eventually decided on a ship as shown on the New Zealand Coat of Arms together with the Southern Cross. The badge was to be worn on a green uniform so it would have to have a scarlet white and green setting. He persevered with many drawings and then with water colour paintings, then cut out coloured papers – hundreds of designs.
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