Flag of the Chatham Islands
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The unofficial flag of the Chatham Islands (Script error: No such module "Lang". in Māori; Script error: No such module "Lang". in the indigenous Moriori language) is a blue field with a map of the island in the centre, the Te Whanga Lagoon depicted in white.[1] Behind this device map is a depiction of the rising sun, an allusion to its local name Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning 'rising sun'.
History
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The flag was designed in 1989 by Logan Alderson, a former New Zealand police officer.[2]
At the 2005 opening of a new marae on the islands (which included a rare visit by the Prime Minister), the Chathams flag was flown on a flagpole over the marae.[1]
See also
References
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