Coat of arms of Vanuatu

The coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesian warrior holding a spear standing before a mountain superimposed on a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds and a golden scroll on the bottom with the National Motto that reads: LONG GOD YUMI STANAP. The Bislama "long" is a preposition derived from the word "along" and has several flexible meanings, "in, on, at," and "with." When used referring to another with personhood, it is generally understood to mean "with." The original version was designed in 1980 by Australian artist Richard Charles "Rick" Fraser, a Vietnam Veteran who emigrated to the New Hebrides with his family mid 1970. Rick Fraser also designed the national emblem of Vanuatu, and co-designed the national flag with Father Walter Lini, the then Prime Minister, who both made edits to the winning flag designed by a schoolboy. Since this Vanuatu national symbol does not conform to the rules of heraldry for a traditional coat of arms, then it could be considered a national emblem instead.