Belgique Badges recently made another badge for Dawn Aerospace, this time featuring the Mk-II Aurora.  Last week this aircraft achieved flew supersonic for the first time, while at an 85 degree climb (as shown on the badge), reaching a maximum speed of Mach 1.1 and an altitude of 82,500 ft (25km), making it the first civil aircraft to fly supersonic since the Concorde.

Being winter, it’s scout campfire season. A good opportunity for your group or zone to hold a campfire. Are you burning to get a campfire badge made? …..

The Southern Lights - aurora - features on a printed badge made by Belgique Badges to mark the spectacular lighting up of the night sky…..

Belgique Badges has made another patch for Taskforce Kiwi to mark their latest deployment in Christchurch where they were involved with the clean up following the Port Hills Fires…….

A different design again features on this year’s Anzac Day badge. Details of the price and how to order this badge can be found on our website here …..

Do you enjoy chewing on a Toffee Pop, dunking a Gingernut biscuit in your cuppa or eating some Eta Ripples chips? Griffin’s Food Company workers overseeing the production of these and other yummy snacks are now wearing some badges made by Belgique Badges…..

Belgique Badges has been making badges for the 23rd NZ Jamboree to be held at Mystery Creek over New Year 2024. These include the manufacture of New Zealand’s first chenille scout badge .….

In February 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle caused severe flooding throughout much of the North Island, especially in Hawkes Bay. The Weka Point Scout Campsite was one of the many places flooded. An appeal was started to raise funds for the repair of the historic campsite at Rissington inland from Napier. Belgique Badges have contributed to this recovery by making badges and donating them for sale…..

Taskforce Kiwi is an organisation which helps communities recover from emergencies and natural disasters and help them get back on their feet sooner. The woven badges we made for Taskforce Kiwi has velcro sewn on the back so they can easily be removed.…..

It’s not every year we get asked to make a badge for a coronation. The woven badge features the official coronation emblem and celebrates the coronation of King Charles III. The badges are now being distributed…..

For over a decade we’ve made an annual badge to commemorate Anzac Day in New Zealand. A different design again features on this year’s Anzac Day patch - the newly carved monument of two soldiers at Rissington .... 

Recently we made an order of woven badges for FENZ – Fire and Emergency New Zealand. FENZ needed their logo clearly displayed on the badge. Woven manufacturing allows designs with a lot of fine detail to be best replicated in a badge. Because woven badges are sewn onto uniforms and garments, they can also be easily removed and replaced with new or updated badges.

Belgique Badges has made the badge for the 15th New Zealand Venture, held at Mayfield, Mid-Canterbury. We were asked to manufacture the official badge for this national scout event, where the shape of the woven badge had to be the same shape as the design. This was achieved by making the badges with a laser-cut edge…..

Participants on Royal New Zealand Air Force training courses like to have a badge / patch made, often with some Kiwi humour in the design. Would the promotion of your group, club or business, benefit from having a badge made with a quirky design?

Multinational retailer, Costco, opened its first warehouse in New Zealand today. Belgique Badges has supplied Costco with sublimation (printed) badges which are sewn on staff uniforms. Printed badges are an excellent alternative to a woven or embroidered badge or patch and also..... 

Belgique Badges has been supplying patches and badges to Cadet Forces including the Air Training Corps (ATC). Mostly these are URPs (Unit Recognition Patches), the term used by cadet forces to describe ….

For over a decade we’ve made an annual badge to commemorate Anzac Day in New Zealand. A different design again features on this year’s Anzac Day patch - a silhouette of a (WW1) soldier.... 

Do you know New Zealand has a space agency? Belgique Badges has recently made badges for this government agency, one of a number of badges made for government business units …..

New York may be nicknamed the ‘Big Apple’ but Cromwell has the real thing! The new badge of Cromwell Scout Group features the large sculpture of fruit which was erected in 1989 and also includes a pear, a nectarine and an apricot. Also on the badge are …..

In late May 2021, Canterbury suffered from severe flooding, especially the Ashburton district. The Hinds Scout Hall was one of the many buildings flooded. An appeal was started to raise funds for the repair of the building. Belgique Badges have contributed to this appeal by making badges and donating them to the Hinds Scout Group for sale…..