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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.
The dominant feature of this flag is a black and white Silver Fern. The leaves and stem on the top side of the fern are white on a black background. The leaves and stem on the bottom side are black on a white background. The fern frond sweeps up from the bottom left corner to the top right corner of the flag.
This file, which was originally posted to Traced from the design gallery (archived version) for the New Zealand flag referendums, 2015–16, was reviewed on 23 March 2021 by reviewer Ankry, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, New Zealand rowers wore white tops instead of black to help counteract Tokyo's hot and humid climate. [25] [26] In the 1980s, the national cricket team wore beige and brown as their colours. [27] New Zealand sports teams have occasionally used teal as an accent colour, most notably in cricket.
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English: Silver Fern (Black & White): The fern has been a distinctive symbol of New Zealand for the past 100 years.Strong and simple, it represents our uniqueness as Aotearoa New Zealand and the black and white colours show our ‘yin and yang’, with the softly curved spine of the frond binding us all together as a young, independent and proud nation.
English: Silver Fern (Black, White & Blue): The dominant feature of this flag is a white fern frond that sweeps up diagonally from the bottom left corner to the right of the top centre. The left side of the fern is on a black background. To the right of the fern, there are 4 stars, in the formation of the Southern Cross constellation, on a blue ...
English: Koru (official alternative): As our flag unfurls, so too does its koru. The koru represents the fern frond, but is also reminiscent of a wave, a cloud, and a ram’s horn. In Māori kowhaiwhai patterns the koru represent new life, growth, strength and peace, and for this reason has taken a special place in Aotearoa’s visual language.