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A FLAG NEEDS TO BE INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE</H4></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/321704C9-05C5-4B4D-A63C-15562D137D9A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1834 - 1840</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>Flag of the <A title="United Tribes of New Zealand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Tribes_of_New_Zealand">United Tribes of New Zealand</A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>Based on the <A title="White Ensign" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ensign">White Ensign</A>. Two crosses of St George and four <B>eight</B>-point stars in the canton on a blue background<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A href="#cite_note-0"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/5758A7D4-8CA6-49FE-8E4C-764F644B15AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1840 - 1902</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>British <A class="mw-redirect" title="Union Jack" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack">Union Jack</A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Zealand_flags&oldid=302116094"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>Adopted following the signing of the <A title="Treaty of Waitangi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi">Treaty of Waitangi</A> in 1840.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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