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Story: Flags

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand flag

United Tribes' flag: original flag

United Tribes' flag: original flag (1st of 4)

United Tribes' flag: Edward Markham sketch

United Tribes' flag: Edward Markham sketch (2nd of 4)

United Tribes' flag: James Laurenson collection

United Tribes' flag: James Laurenson collection (3rd of 4)

United Tribes' flag: New Zealand Company version

United Tribes' flag: New Zealand Company version (4th of 4)

Union Jack flag

Union Jack flag

Flying the flag at Ōtāhuhu School, around 1900

Flying the flag at Ōtāhuhu School, around 1900

Version of New Zealand Blue Ensign

Version of New Zealand Blue Ensign (1st of 2)

Blue Ensign with white disc, 1917

Blue Ensign with white disc, 1917 (2nd of 2)

From Blue Ensign to New Zealand flag

From Blue Ensign to New Zealand flag

From page 2 - Māori flags

Flags flying at Maunga Moria church, around 1900

Flags flying at Maunga Moria church, around 1900

Flag of the Māori queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Flag of the Māori queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu

Te Kooti's flag

Te Kooti's flag

Tino rangatiratanga flag: Linda Munn, 2009

Tino rangatiratanga flag: Linda Munn, 2009 (1st of 3)

Tino rangatiratanga flag: one among many

Tino rangatiratanga flag: one among many (2nd of 3)

Tino rangatiratanga flag: the national Māori flag

Tino rangatiratanga flag: the national Māori flag (3rd of 3)

From page 3 - Other flags

Governor-general's flag

Governor-general's flag

New Zealand Defence Force flags

New Zealand Defence Force flags

City of Porirua flag

City of Porirua flag

From page 4 - Changing the flag

Union Jack and colonial flags

Union Jack and colonial flags

Support for the New Zealand flag

Support for the New Zealand flag

Hundertwasser flag

Hundertwasser flag

NZFlag.com trust

NZFlag.com trust

Flag referendum voting form

Flag referendum voting form

From page 5 - Flag law and protocol

Upside-down flag

Upside-down flag

Tame Iti shooting a flag, 2005

Tame Iti shooting a flag, 2005

Flag burning at an anti-Vietnam War protest

Flag burning at an anti-Vietnam War protest

Paul Hopkinson burning the New Zealand flag, 2004

Paul Hopkinson burning the New Zealand flag, 2004

National flags flying at half-mast

National flags flying at half-mast

How to cite this page:

Kerryn Pollock, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/flags/media (accessed 23 September 2023)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 20 Jun 2012, reviewed & revised 20 Apr 2016