The trophy stands 60cm tall and weighs 13kg. Made of silver and gold, it is the design and craft of Garrard & Co, in London, who also made the America's Cup and English Premier League trophy.
The cricket silverware features a golden globe of the world on which all continents are represented. The globe signifies a cricket ball with three silver columns shaped as stumps and bails holding it up.
These represent the three fundamentals of the summer code - batting, bowling and fielding.
Harris, known to cricket fans in the country as "Harry", was part of the 1992 World Cup team that many believe was the only New Zealand side that looked like winning the cup.
Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the tourney that year, too, with the Black Caps finishing third.
The Kiwis have made five semifinals - the inaugural 1975 one, 1979, 1992, 1999 and 2011 - and have yet to etch their name on the trophy.
Harris, who turns 45 on Thursday next week and has played 250 ODIs, says the 1992 team came off the worst possible season.
"We had lost 3-0 to England," says the man who was an outstanding allrounder and whose fielding prowess was often juxtaposed with former South African international Jonty Rhodes.
But apathy in New Zealand turned to ecstasy when the Kiwis upset co-hosts Australia by 37 runs in the tourney opener at Eden Park, Auckland.
A turning point of the match came when Harris ran out Aussie linchpin David Boon for 100 with a direct hit from the outfield.
The fans' excitement hit a crescendo thereafter with Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe falling prey. Two-time champions Windies, 1983 winners India and England also became victims as then captain/player of the tourney Martin Crowe radically opted to open with spinner Dipak Patel and had a bolshie Mark Greatbatch backing up Crowe with the bat.
But the fairy-tale script suddenly came to a halt for the tourney favourites after Pakistan, who went on to become 1992 champions after beating England by 22 runs, did the unthinkable in the high-scoring semifinal when Inzamam-ul Haq smashed a 37-ball 60 for victory with an over to play.
Harris, who went on to play in four cups, made the quarterfinals in the next tourney where he posted a career-high 130 but the Black Caps couldn't overcome four-time champions Australia.
He was in the 1999 campaign in England when Pakistan again knocked the Kiwis out in the semifinals. Harris went to the 2003 tournament in South Africa where New Zealand would have made the semifinals but refused to play in Kenya.
Harris is savouring the opportunity not just of having represented his country but now also taking the trophy around the country and celebrating his birthday in Nelson.
"We're taking an exciting exhibition around where people can take photos with it. Those who love cricket can come down and even those who don't like it will enjoy themselves because there's so much to do with all the promotions and activities."
What excites Harris is the ability of several Black Caps bowlers this year flirting with the 145km/h mark, something that suits the bounce and pace New Zealand wickets offer compared to his era when pitches stayed low and slow.
"We hope they will peak at the right time for the rest of New Zealand to get behind them," he says of the cup that starts on February 14 in Harris' home town of Christchurch when New Zealand host Sri Lanka.
The 49-match tourney, including play-offs, ends with the final at the MCG in Melbourne on March 29.
McLean Park, Napier, hosts the Pakistan v UAE pool B day-nighter on Wednesday, March 4.
Day matches will be played there between New Zealand and Afghanistan in pool A on Sunday, March 8, and Windies v UAE on Sunday, March 15, from pool B, both starting at 11am.
Harris says Tom Latham has put his hand up as an opening batsman with Martin Guptill after posting his maiden international ton in the test match against Pakistan at Dubai this week.
"We have some fantastic quality bowlers so a seam-filled attack will do the job," he says, adding the spinners' portfolio demands a containing role.
