New Zealand flag debate
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The New Zealand flag debate is a question over whether the national flag of New Zealand should be changed. For several decades, alternative designs have been proposed, with varying degrees of support.
In 2012, the NZ Transport Agency flew the Tino Rangatiratanga flag alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day.
NZ flag design Black Jack by Mike Davison
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
New Zealand flag debate
…The New Zealand flag debate is a question over whether the national flag of New Zealand should be changed. For several decades, alternative designs have been proposed, with varying degrees of support. There is no consensus…
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