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The flag of New Zealand (Māori: te haki o Aotearoa), also known as the New Zealand Ensign, [1] is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.
Flag of the governor of New Zealand A Union Flag defaced with four five-pointed stars. This design was due to a misinterpretation of design instructions. 1874–1908 Flag of the governor of New Zealand A Union Flag defaced with a white circle, with four red stars and the initial 'NZ' at the centre, surrounded by a green wreath. 1908–1936
A European woman and a Māori chief flank the left and right sides, identifying New Zealand as a bicultural nation (European New Zealanders and Māori). The figures are supported by the silver fern, a native plant. The St Edward's Crown is a reminder that New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. [4] National anthems "God Defend New Zealand"
The black, white and blue silver fern flag is a proposed flag for New Zealand by architectural designer Kyle Lockwood. It was first designed using different colours in 2000. [ 1 ] It was voted as the preferred alternative New Zealand flag in the first of two New Zealand flag referendums in December 2015, and was used in the second flag ...
"All variants of our silver fern flag were submitted to the Flag Consideration Project. along with our original, some 600 variations were also submitted by the public. submissions closed on 16 July 2015. Five variant colour-ways of our silver fern flag were shortlisted on 10 Aug 2015." Other versions
Not yet. They had to vote in a referendum first before they had a new design or keep the old one. 13:52, 6 December 2015: 1,990 × 993 (12 KB) Salvabl: This is the new official flag of New Zealand. 18:06, 8 November 2015: 1,200 × 600 (2 KB) Voyager: vandalism: 17:58, 8 November 2015: 1,990 × 993 (12 KB) Joxeantied: This is the official new ...
Five variant colour-ways of our silver fern flag were shortlisted on 10 Aug 2015." Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License , Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation ; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no ...
Along with the New Zealand Tourism Board, Shipley backed a white silver fern on a black background as a possible alternative flag, along the lines of the Canadian Maple Leaf flag. In 2003, New Zealand's America's Cup team, Team New Zealand, launched the "Loyal" campaign, using a silver fern flag and a song of the same name by New Zealand ...