Flag of New Zealand
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The flag of New Zealand, also known as the New Zealand Ensign, is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or deface
The flag of New Zealand flying outside the Beehive in Wellington
The flag pole at Waitangi, flying (left – right) the Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, the Ensign of the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Union Jack, 5 February 2006
Hōne Heke cutting down the flagstaff flying the Union Jack at Kororāreka, 1844
Admiral Albert Hastings Markham, designer of the flag of New Zealand
Crux
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Crux is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible
Flag of New Zealand
…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. New Zealand's first internationally accepted national flag, the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, was adopted in 1834, six years…
Southern Cross from New Zealand
Deep exposure of Crux, Coalsack Nebula, and IC 2944
The constellation Crux as it can be seen by the naked eye
A depiction of the Southern Cross in Mark Twain's 1897 travelogue, Following the Equator