1976 - 2

From February 1976 further changes were progressively introduced. Uniforms in a vitric blue material, were lighter and cooler than the existing blue serge. A new style shoulder patch appeared on the uniforms bearing NZ’s coat of arms and the word “POLICE”. Police women and commissioned officers who haad previously worn white shirts were given the new mazarine blue cotton polyester shirts issued now to all ranks. Minor alterations to the polocewomen’s uniform continued to the made throughout the decade, including the introcution of a new cap for summer wear.