Christchurch, Sydney, London, Los Angeles, Pukekohe... the Silver Fern Flag represents New Zealand around the world, here's a world map showing cities and locations where, over the past decade, online customers have bought our Silver Fern Flag products. It's also good indicator of where New Zealander's abroad tend to live, although some buyers aren't Kiwi, they just happen to love New Zealand so much they fly our flag anyway! Typically the Silver Fern Flag is bought in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, which isn't too suprizing, but perhaps the most unusual places it has been sent to are Hradec Králové, a township outside Prague in the Czech Republic, and Willemstad, Curacao, a small Dutch Carribean island off the coast of Venezuela, The Silver Fern Flag is now represented on every continent except Antartica, but perhaps some cool Kiwis at Scott Base can change that for us!? Click here to see the full map:
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People have asked 'How do I fold the flag properly?' which is a really good question! a Google search gives us a lot of results on folding the USA Flag, but few on how to fold a New Zealand Flag. Check out our slideshow and download our flag care .pdf here this gives you information about the significance of the Silver Fern Flag and the proper method of folding a flag, The method is actually useful for most Commonwealth of Nations countries, including folding the flags of New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
14.01.2012 Scotland is making moves to become independent of the United Kingdom, and their independence could change the flag of the UK and other nations whose flags incorporate the Union Jack. If Scotland becomes fully independent of the UK, the Union Flag, or Union Jack, as it is commonly known, will become defunct, as the Union Jack incorporates the flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, but interestingly, not Wales, which is also a part of the UK. The Union Jack was created during the Union of the English and Scottish Crowns in 1606. Full Scottish independence would mean removal of the Cross of St Andrew from the Union Jack. This would have consequences for many nations, including Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Niue, and the Republic of Fiji. These nations incorporate the Union Jack in the top left hand corner of their flags. If Scotland achieves full independence, these flags would need to change as a result, as would various state flags within Canada, Australia, and even the United States, as the State of Hawaii also has a Union Jack based flag. This may be the time for New Zealand to consider changing its flag, to something more relevant to our 21st century South Pacific nation, before events such as Scottish independence force change on us. Kyle Lockwood/silverfernflag.org Evolution of the Union Flag From the Associated Press British Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would allow Scotland to vote on the matter of independence but urged the country to make its intentions known “sooner rather than later.” Britain's government confirmed Tuesday it would happily offer Scotland the powers it needs to sever centuries-old ties to England. Prime Minister David Cameron's government said it would sweep away legal hurdles to allow the Scots a vote on whether their country should become independent for the first time since the 18th Century Act of Union, which united Scotland with England to create Great Britain. But in return, Cameron — who opposes any breakup of the United Kingdom, which also includes Wales and Northern Ireland — is urging Scotland to make its intentions clear "sooner rather than later." He claims investors are becoming increasingly wary of Scottish leader Alex Salmond's plans to delay a vote for several years, damaging Britain's economy. Salmond, head of Scotland's semiautonomous government, has long championed independence to allow the country greater control over lucrative oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. "This is a huge decision for Scotland. This is potentially the biggest decision we have made as a nation for 300 years," Salmond said Tuesday, while on a tour of an oil facility in Dyce, eastern Scotland. He insisted that Cameron should not take any role in setting out the timetable for the crucial referendum. "We are not going to be stampeded and dragooned by a Tory prime minister in London," Salmond said. Since Scotland voted in favour of a domestic legislative body in 1997, its parliament has had autonomy over education, health and justice and can make minor alterations to income tax. For now, London retains primacy on all matters relating to Britain as a whole — including defence, energy and foreign relations. There had been speculation the poll would be held in 2014, when nationalist sentiment could be at a high as the city of Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games and Scots mark the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn, a key military victory over England. Salmond's party has said that if it succeeds in winning independence, Scotland would —for now at least — keep Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and retain the British pound as its currency. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press The New Zealand Elite Triathlon Team, for the 2012 Olympics, has chosen Kyle Lockwood's Silver Fern design to appear on their cycling uniform. The uniforms are presently being made up. Photographs of the athletes in uniform will be posted here once the uniforms have been distributed to the team.
Kyle Lockwood/silverfernflag.org New Labour Leader wants to see a silver fern on the New Zealand Flag see NZ Herald Article http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10773745
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