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The flag of New Zealand is a  defaced Blue Ensign  with the  Union Flag  i n the canton, and four  red stars with white borders to the right. The stars' pattern represents the  asterism   within the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.                                                                                                                            New Zealand's first flag, the flag of the  United Tribes of New Zealand , was adopted in 1834, six years before New Zealand became a British colony following the signing of the  Treaty of Waitangi  in 1840. Chosen by an assembly o...