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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: Flag of New Zealand: 24 March 1902 [1] A Blue Ensign with the Southern Cross of four white-edged red five-pointed stars centered on the outer half of the flag. [2] Coat of arms: Coat of arms of New Zealand: Adopted in 1911 and revised in 1956 [3] The symbols on the shield represent the country's maritime trade, agriculture and industry.
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
Pages in category "National symbols of New Zealand" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Flag of New Zealand; S.
Flag of New Zealand; Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand; National Māori flag * List of New Zealand flags; A. Flag of Auckland City; C. Flag of the Chatham Islands;
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
In 1907 New Zealand's status was officially transformed from self-governing colony to dominion.To mark the transition to independence, the New Zealand Government recommended that the garland of laurels on the governor's flag should be replaced by one of fern leaves; the fern leaf was already recognised as one of New Zealand's national symbols. [1]
The design of the flag combines the silver fern flag (toward the hoist) with the stars of the current national flag.The silver fern frond is a popular symbol of the people of New Zealand, while the stellar constellation known as the southern cross represents the antipodean location of the country in the Southern Hemisphere.