If you think that if we need a new flag for Aotearoa New Zealand then our flag should tell something of our land and our people and not just be a Kiwi, a Koro, a Sliver Fern or black then you are in the right place.
Our Flag Our Story Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand, this is our flag, this is our story
Stars of white on red upon bands of white, green and blue
Blue, Blue is for the ocean in which our island nation floats
Whether we came here a thousand years ago, a hundred years ago or yesterday
Whether we came here by whaka, by sailing ship, by Ocean liner or by airplane
It is across this great ocean that we journeyed to make this land our new home
Green, Green is for the land, it is for our unique natural heritage
It is for forests upon the land and all that lives within them.
It is for all that our land has lost and for all it has gained.
White, White is for the mountains, covered in snow,
The mountains that reach into the clouds.
`This is our Aotearoa, our land of the long white cloud.
Stars, Stars of white on red, Stars of the southern cross,
We are a southern land in the great pacific ocean under a southern sky,
It is to the seasons of the south that we build our customs and traditions.
[Short Red Version]
Red, Red is for the blood lost in conflict in our land
Red for the lives lost in wars on foreign shores
[Longer Red version]
Red, red for the blood that has been spilt to build our country
For blood spilt in tribal warfare, in the wars of European arrival.
For Blood spilt on foreign lands, The high velds of southern Africa
The great War, The beaches of Gallipoli, The trenches of Paschendale
The second World War, the Pacific, Greece, Crete, North Africa, the Skies above Europe
The wars in Asia, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam and our peacekeepers in many lands
Red for blood spilt by all those defending our belief in freedom for all people.
Stars of white, the colour of peace and hope for we are a peace loving people
We have defended our freedoms we are prepared to defend peace for a better future.
Under this flag, united, our many peoples celebrate that we are one nation.
This is our story, this is our flag, Aotearoa
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