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. [2]New …

新西兰最早时没有自己的标志，因此1867年1月15日在总督乔治·格雷的命令下使用写有“NZ”字样的旗帜，不过在两年后的1869年，时任总督宝云邀请英国皇家海军上将 阿尔伯特·哈斯廷斯·马卡姆 （ 英语 ： Albert Hastings Markham ） 设计新西兰航海旗，马卡姆在他的 ...

2025年1月6日 · flag of New Zealand national flag consisting of a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and four stars, forming the Southern Cross constellation, at the fly end. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2. A federation of Maori tribes established a national flag on March 20, 1834. The field of the flag was white with a red cross, and …

2024年3月22日 · The New Zealand Flag Notice 2024 was published in the New Zealand Gazette on Monday 4 March 2024 and came into force on 1 March 2024. This advises on the updated days of national commemoration, such as the King’s birthday and Coronation Day, on which the New Zealand Flag must be flown at full mast on government buildings.

The New Zealand flag hasn't always been our official flag. It was adopted in 1902, replacing the Union Jack. Between 1834 and 1840, the flag of the United Tribes was recognised as our first 'national' flag. Waitangi Day 2010 saw the first official recognition of the national Māori flag.

New Zealand’s national flag’s design is a defaced British Blue Ensign and has the national flag of Great Britain at the canton. On the flag’s fly, there is a pattern of stars representing the Southern Cross in the Crux constellation. The flag’s proportion is 1:2, with three colors: red, blue, and white. ...

The same motif can be found on the Australian flag, so it highlights the fact that both countries are located in the Pacific Ocean in mutual geographic proximity. Officially, the blue color expresses blue sea and clear sky in the vicinity of New Zealand. The flag was adopted on 24th March 1902, but it was already designed as a naval flag in 1869.

McDonnell’s flag. In August 1831 the Sydney Herald reported that the new owner of the Sir George Murray, Thomas McDonnell, sailed into Sydney Harbour from New Zealand with a flag flying from the masthead.The paper described this flag as the ‘new Zealand colours’, which it went on to describe as ‘the English St. George ensign, the ground of one quarter being blue, and having a half moon ...

In 2015-2016, New Zealand held a two-stage referendum on changing the national flag. The current design was retained after a closely contested vote. The silver fern, a national symbol often associated with New Zealand's sports teams, was a prominent feature in many of the alternative flag designs proposed during the referendum.

History of the New Zealand Flag. The national flag of New Zealand, adopted on June 12, 1902, is a significant emblem of the nation’s identity and heritage. The flag features a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, and four red stars with white borders to the right. These stars represent the Southern Cross constellation, an ...