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Evolution of the NZ Flag

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

Our challenge today was to create a collaborative presentation that reflects the story behind our NZ flag. We did this by looking at how our flag has changed over time .

Something I found interesting was that James Busby did make a NZ flag design himself , but it got rejected by the maori cheifs , because it didn’t contain much red in it , less stars and the whole flag background was just plain white , Not Blue . So James Busby got really mad that his flag was rejected , so he hired Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham , to make a design of his own. And when Sir Albert was done with his design , James Busby said that it looked perfect , So Sir Albert Told James Busby to show the Maori chiefs the flag and to ask them if It was ok to use as the Official NZ Flag . And they said yes , So James used it as the flag we know today . And that is why this NZ Flag was chosen to be the official one .

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