File:Southland coat of arms.png

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Description	The coat of arms of the Southland Region, New Zealand
Author or copyright owner
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.stuff.co.nz/media/images/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DfGZQfjEdZd7oKlsiR53VLHvSZExpMzuRmKdwHbkL9PknsR2p4Z+OeLIzq8xCp9AheSPgccpBwapyI3TS%2FlFA9ub5ap4yj4kIQx5ijESvwLjB5fm2n+PsCOdvMdnFyzijLwHTL36EKh7xrTpKpY+AwtrDfnJi94LNmRAIkO4w6yq?resolution=1240x700
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Southland Regional Council
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image of the coat of arms is of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organization's logo in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the logo.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Southland Regional Council//en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Southland_coat_of_arms.pngtrue

Licensing

This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals

to illustrate the government or agency in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This tag should only be used for seals. Do not use it for other purposes.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:00, 24 June 2024		300 × 218 (123 KB)	Radicuil (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free logo using File Upload Wizard

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