Flag of New Zealand
The flag of New Zealand, adopted in 1902 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Capital | Wellington |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1902 |
| Emoji | 🇳🇿 |
| Code | NZ · NZL |
Colours of the flag of New Zealand
The flag of New Zealand uses 3 colours: blue, red, white. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
Flags often confused with New Zealand
New Zealand is genuinely easy to mix up with 4 other flags. Compare them side by side here — the difference is usually a ratio, a shade, or the order of two bands.
About the flag of New Zealand
The flag of New Zealand — officially New Zealand — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. New Zealand sits in Oceania, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1902. New Zealand has its capital at Wellington and a population of about 5.3 million, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇳🇿, produced from the regional indicator letters for NZ. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on New Zealand
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