Badges of the Native Contingent (left) and New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion.
The crest of the Native Contingent includes two traditional Maori weapons, the taiaha and tewhatewha, crossed through a crown. The motto 'Te Hokowhitu a Tu' signified the 140 warriors of the war god, Tu-mata-uenga.
The Pioneer's badge features a Maori warrior's face above a crossed pick and axe, flanked by fern leaf fronds and the words 'NZ Pioneers'.
