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Our flag

The Southern Cross is an important group of stars that can only be seen in this part of the world. These stars are seen on flags like those from New Zealand and Australia because they are from the southern hemisphere.

1. Can you tell the difference between the New Zealand and the Australian flag?
   • How many stars does the Australian Flag have?
   • How many stars does the New Zealand flag have?
   • Which flag has white stars?

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

2. Make your own New Zealand flag by following the instructions on this site.
   • Fly your flag when New Zealand plays an international sports game.

Union Jack

Did you know the cross on the New Zealand flag is called the Union Jack?

1. Find out what the Union Jack means and where it comes from.
2. What year was this flag first used?

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Commonwealth flag family

The Commonwealth is a group of countries which share a history with the United Kingdom. Ed said that only countries belonging to the Commonwealth could use the Union Jack on their flag. The Union Jack shows which countries are part of the Commonwealth family.

1. Look at the flags of some of our Pacific Island cousins and see what things the Commonwealth flags have in common.
   • 'Cook Islands'
   • 'Fiji'
   • 'Marshall Islands'
   • 'Samoa'
   • 'Solomon Islands'
2. Use this 'Pacific Flag Family' document (Word, 40KB) to show similarities and differences between flags.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Pacific Flag Families

Did you know that years ago the French, American, and English moved into the Pacific? You can tell which islands the French, American or English lived on by looking at their flags.

1. Open the 'Pacific Flag Families' (Word, 72KB)
2. Use this website to put as many flags as possible into the flag families.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Commonwealth family reunion

The Commonwealth Games are a great time for the countries of the Commonwealth family to get together and have some fun.

1. Use this map to find a country that joined the commonwealth in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
2. Open the 'Commonwealth family reunion' (Word, 58KB) and type your answer.
3. Now search for each country's flag and cut and paste the flag into the chart.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Olympic flag

Another important sporting flag is the Olympic flag. Can you remember what it looks like?

1. Open the 'Olympic flag'
2. Print the flag or copy and save to a word document.
3. Colour the rings in the right colours.
4. What do the colours mean? Read page 3 and 4 of 'The Olympic Symbols' to find out.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Flag the day

Flags can be flown to tell us when there is a special day. What flags would you fly on these days?

1. Open up the 'Flag the day' (Word, 40KB)
2. Match the flag to the date.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Parea te rā

Ka taea te rere haki hei tohu i tētahi rā whakahirahira. He aha ngā haki ka whakairia e koe i runga i ēnei rā?

1. Huakina te 'Flag the day' (Word, 40KB)
2. Honoa te haki ki te rā e tika ana.

Īmeratia o whakautu ki a wiki@tki.org.nz

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