Flag New Zealand

Flag of New Zealand 4x6".
New Zealand's flag reflects the country's British origins and its place in the South Pacific, under the Southern Cross constellation. Red stars depict the native Maori; the color is a mark of rank. The blue background marks the maritime blue ensign and the oceans that surround the island nation. But, like many nations, New Zealand's flag has evolved and a growing call for a new design shows this is not the final version.

Workers at Ground Zero in New York found a New Zealand flag, singed and a little tattered. Then-Prime Minister Helen Clark brought it back to New Zealand, and it hangs behind glass in Parliament buildings as a reminder of New Zealand's place in world affairs and of those who died in New York on 11 September 2001.

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