NZ flag Q & A

1) What do these symbols on our flag stand for?

a) Blue background -blue sea and clear sky's around us

b) Stars - Southern cros

c) Union Jack- New Zealand's past

2) Name the 3 flags of the 3 countries which are combined to make the Union Jack

England-whales, Scotland, Ireland

3) When did we first use this NZ flag ?

June 1902

4) What flag did we use from 1840 until then?

United tribes of New Zealand flag

5) From 1834 to 1840 we used the United Tribes Flag. Insert an image of this flag.

6) Who kept chopping down the flagpole in Kororareka? Why?

Hone Heke