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This is a list of flags used in New Zealand.
[edit] National Flag
[edit] Royal and Viceregal
[edit] Ensigns
| 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. |
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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. |
[edit] Associated states
[edit] Maori Flags
| 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 |
[edit] Sporting Flags
[edit] Proposed alternative Flags
| 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". |
[edit] Other NZ Flags
| 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. |
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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 |
