Flag Of New Zealand

The flag was adopted on 24th march 1902 but it was already designed as a naval flag in 1869.

Flag of new zealand. The new zealand flag is the symbol of the realm government and people of new zealand. Its royal blue background is derived from the ensign of the blue squadron of the royal navy. The flag of new zealand is composed of blue with the flag of the uk in the upper hoist side quadrant with four red five pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag. Chosen by an assembly of māori chiefs at waitangi in 1834 the flag was of a st george s cross with another cross in the canton containing four.

Red was traditionally symbolic of mana and high status for the maori. Officially the blue color expresses blue sea and clear sky in the vicinity of new zealand. It includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by institutions local authorities or the government of new zealand. In its southern cross the new zealand flag has one less star and it is colored red with white borders.

On land the union jack was the only official flag although the maori traditionally used an undefaced british red ensign to show their loyalty to great britain and its sovereign. Flag of new zealand available to free download or for embed via our free and fast cdn content delivery network service. Te haki o aotearoa 1 also known as the new zealand ensign 2 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. It has four five pointed stars.

The national flag of new zealand and tino rangatiratanga flag flying on auckland harbour bridge on waitangi day 2012 this is a list of flags of new zealand. The flag of new zealand māori. The stars represent the southern cross constellation. The stars of the southern cross emphasise this country s location in the south pacific ocean.

The southern cross constellation indicates the location of new zealand in the south of the pacific ocean. Completely free for commercial and non commercial use public domain based on vector file from wikipedia commons. Parliament legally established a new zealand national flag on june 12 1902. You are free to use it in your news magazines websites software mobile apps and master s thesis.