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List of New Zealand flags
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of flags used in New Zealand.
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1834 - 1840 | Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand | Based on the White Ensign. Two crosses of St George and four five-point stars in the canton on a blue background. |
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1840 - 1902 | British Union Flag | Adopted following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. |
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1867 - 1869 | The first flag of New Zealand based on the blue ensign | Blue ensign with the red letters "NZ" outlined in white |
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1902 (Official, in use from 1869) - | Flag of New Zealand | A defaced blue ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962 | Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II in New Zealand | A banner of the Coat of Arms of New Zealand, defaced with a blue disc bearing the crowned letter 'E' in gold |
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1869 - 1874 | Governor of New Zealand | A Union Flag defaced with four five-pointed stars. This design was due to a misinterpretation of design instructions. |
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1874 - 1936 | Flag of the Governor of New Zealand | |
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1936 - 1953 | Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand | A lion standing atop a crown, over a scroll inscribed "Dominion of New Zealand" |
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1953 - | Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand | A lion standing atop a crown, over a scroll inscribed "New Zealand" |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1901 - | New Zealand Red Ensign | A red ensign with four white stars representing Crux, the Southern Cross |
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1968 - | Ensign of the Royal New Zealand Navy | A white ensign with four red stars |
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Ensign of the Royal New Zealand Air Force | A light blue ensign with the roundel of the Royal Air Force defaced with the letters, "NZ". | |
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1983 - | New Zealand Civil Air Ensign | A blue cross with a wide border on a light blue field. The Union Flag is in the canton, with the Southern Cross in the fly. |
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New Zealand Police Ensign | A blue flag with the New Zealand Flag in the canton, with the NZP seal in the fly. | |
| Image:Nz-fire.gif | New Zealand Fire Service Ensign | A blue flag with the New Zealand Flag in the canton, with the Fire Service seal in the fly. | |
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1968 - 1998 | New Zealand Ministry of Transport Ensign | A sky blue flag with the New Zealand White Ensign in the canton, with the NZMOT seal within a white disc in the fly. |
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Flag of the Cook Islands | A blue ensign with 15 stars in a ring | |
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1975 - | Flag of Niue | A yellow ensign, the Union Flag has a star in the middle and four stars forming a diamond around it |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1990 - | Flag of Tino rangatiratanga - Unofficial Maori Flag | A white curling stripe on a red and black field |
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Example of a Maori Flag | Some Maori tribes use the Red Ensign defaced with their tribal name |
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1908 - 1912 | Flag of the Australasian team at the 1908 and 1912 Olympiads | A Blue Ensign defaced by a white circle containing the British Crown plus a shield containing the Southern Cross |
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1994 - | Flag of the New Zealand Olympic Committee | A white flag with a depiction of the silver fern superimosed on the five ringed emblem of the International Olympic Committee |
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1987 (?) | Flag of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team. | A black flag with a white silver fern. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1983 | Koru Flag (by Hundertwasser) | A White flag with a green spiral (Koru). |
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2001 | James Dignan's Flag | A Diagonally divided flag, with the red, white, and blue and Southern Cross of the current national flag representing New Zealand's and European history and traditions, and the black, white, and red of the Maori flag of Tino Rangatiratanga along with the Silver Fern, representing New Zealand's Polynesian heritage and hope for the future (the Silver Fern is a popular New Zealand symbol). |
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2004 | Cameron Sanders' flag | A stylised Silver fern flag, used by the NZ Flag.com Trust. |
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2005 | Kyle Lockwood's Flag | A red, white and blue flag representing "the people of New Zealand". The blue colour represents the ocean, the red represents the Maori and the blood of soldiers, and white is a reference to the "Land of the Long White Cloud". |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1993 - | Flag of the Chatham Islands (Note: Unofficial, but used on the islands). | A blue flag with a depiction of the island superimosed on a rising sun. |
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1989 - | Flag of Tokelau (Note: Unofficial, but used on the islands). | A tri-bar yellow circle defaced by three five-pointed stars to the left and a palm tree to the right. |
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2004 - | Flag of Otago | Blue and gold, horizontally divided by a zigzag line ("dancetty", in vexillological terms), with counterchanged eight-pointed stars. Used by the Otago Regional Council, and widely by the general public in the Otago region |
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1987 - | New Zealand Post flag | An orange-red flag with the NZ Post logo in white. Vertical White and Blue strip in the fly. |
| 1973 - | Air New Zealand flag | An intermediate-blue flag with the name of the airline and the Koru logo in white. | |
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1981 - 1991 | The former flag of the New Zealand Railways Corporation. | White flag with NZR logo and 'New Zealand Railways' text. |
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Flag of the New Zealand Navy Board [1] | A fouled anchor with a red-blue background |