As your child earns badges during their time at scouts you (or they, or better, Grandma) will need to sew them onto their scout shirt. The badges need to be sewn on in specific places on the shirt so Scouting NZ has provided this helpful diagram:
Personal Challenge badges are badges that youth members earn as part of the programme or independently e.g. Healthy Kea, or Cyclist, or Hiker etc. etc. There are many different badges to earn and you can find more information about Personal Challenge badges on each section's page.
Jamboree on the Trail (JOTT) is one example of an Event badge. Event badges are placed on the left hand sleeve under the Chartwell badge. Some special Event badges (e.g. National Mudslide) are usually sewn directly onto your child's campfire blanket. Section Membership Strip (also known as link badge) shows what sections your child has been a member of e.g. Kea, Cub or Scout.
The Section badge shows what section your child is currently a member of e.g. Kea, Cub, Scout, Venturer.
When your child moves up a section all the Personal Interest and Award badges are removed from the shirt along with the old section badge (Kea/Cub/Scout). These can then be sewn onto their campfire blanket. The Section Membership Strip, Chartwell and Zone badges are left on the shirt.