The silver fern is widely used as a symbol by NZ national sports teams in various stylised forms. "Silver Ferns" is the name of the national netball team, and most other national women's sports teams have nicknames based on the term "Ferns", such as Black Ferns, Tall Ferns and Football Ferns. The growth stage of this one is known as KORU, a national symbol for the Maoris. In honor of the ALL BLACKS rugby team I thought I publish the KORU this week.