New Zealand Flag

Learning Intention:

We are learning how to identify and discuss the features of the New Zealand Flag and  Identify how we are all United under one Hemisphere.

The four red stars on the right hand side of the New Zealand flag  represent the four bright  stars in the Southern Cross (Crux).  This constellation is seen in the Southern Hemisphere in  New Zealand all year round.  In the top left hand corner of the flag  is the also Union Jack showing our connection as a member of the commonwealth with on Great Britain. I think the blue background represents the oceans that surround New Zealand.

I interpret the idea that we are united under Southern Skies as meaning that in Aotearoa there are many cultures that come from many places and that together we are united under the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere.