The New Zealand Red Ensign, adopted in 1903, is based on the British Red Ensign.
The Union Jack appears in the first quarter, and the Southern Cross, represented by four five-pointed white stars, is featured in the fly. This flag was flown on New Zealand merchant ships during both world wars.
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RELATED TO NEW ZEALAND RED ENSIGN
Events
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2 May 1868
First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
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17 August 1942
Attack on the Nino Bixio
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20 May 1865
Loss of the City of Dunedin with all hands
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29 April 1881
131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in NZ waters
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16 April 1912
News of Titanic sinking reaches NZ
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3 February 1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
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23 October 1915
Ten NZ nurses lost in Marquette sinking
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27 November 1940
Liner sunk by German raiders off East Cape
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15 August 1951
Troop ship Wahine wrecked en route to Korean War
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15 September 1976
Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service ends
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11 August 1962
Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
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20 August 1940
Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
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20 March 1834
NZ's first flag chosen
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HMNZS Leander
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Royal NZ Navy's Bird-class ships
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Container shipping
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Merchant marine
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Flags of New Zealand
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Pencarrow Lighthouse
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Oamaru Harbour
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Wahine disaster
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New Zealand disasters timeline
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Empire Day
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