Badge (Girl Guides)
Description
A small brown fabric Girl Guides badge which features an embroidered figure holding a net and wearing a feather in their hair.
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This
badge
belonged
to
Judy
Jones
(nee
Donnelly)
who
attended
Girl
Guides
in
New
Plymouth
in
the
early
1960s.
This
badge
was
a
Brownie
Six
badge,
for
the
Patu-pai-arehe
Six.
Brownie
packs
were
split
into
small
groups
called
sixes,
with
each
six
having
its
own
name
and
badge.
New
Zealand
had
four
sixes,
named
after
Maori
fairies.
This
badge
was
worn
above
the
right
uniform
pocket.
Accession number
PA2005.231
Collection type
Public comments
Girl Guide Association badge. 'Patu-pai-aerehe' - a Brownie Six badge. A Brownie Pack was divided in to small groups called sixes, each six had its own name and badge. New Zealand had four sixes named after Maori 'fairies' - the others were Roro, Hakaturi and Turehu. The badge was worn above the right uniform pocket.
- posted 10 years ago.