| 词条 | National colours of New Zealand |
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HistoryThe national flag of New Zealand is predominantly dark blue and represents the sea and sky. In the top left corner is the union flag with the colours red and white. The Union flag represents the settlement of New Zealand by mainly British people after New Zealand became a British colony in 1840. The four stars on the flag are red with white outlines. The flag is flown from government buildings and schools and on days of national importance such as ANZAC day. The national colours of the Māori, an indigenous people of Polynesian origin in New Zealand, are black, white and red.{{sfn|Rout|Hohepa Te Rake|1926|p=84}} On 13 March 1975, the Queen's Service Order was created by royal warrant.{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: The Queen's Service Order}} With the institution of the Queen's Service Order, red ochre was "given official sanction as a national orders colour".{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Orders Insignia}} This colour has spiritual importance to the Māori{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Orders Insignia}} by whom it is known as kōkōwai.{{sfn|Morris|2011}}{{sfn|Moorfield}}{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: The Queen's Service Order}} In 1989, a competition was run by a group named Te Kawariki to design a national Māori flag. The chosen flag became associated with the tino rangatiratanga or Māori sovereignty movement.{{sfn|Te Puni Kōkiri|2009}} It has gradually become a representative flag for Māori across New Zealand, but is still known as the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag. In 2009, the Minister of Māori Affairs stated that a Māori flag should be flown at Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day,{{sfn|Te Puni Kōkiri|2010}} the National Day of New Zealand. The Tino Rangatiratanga Flag was recognised as the preferred Māori flag by Cabinet on 14 December 2009.{{sfn|Te Puni Kōkiri|2010}} On Waitangi Day 2012, it was flown for the first time at the Wellington Town Hall, and the mayor of Wellington said that it should be the "start of a long-running tradition".{{sfn|The Dominion Post|2012}} DecorationsIn addition to the Queen's Service Order, decorations that include or consist of the national colours are the Order of New Zealand,{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Orders Insignia}} the New Zealand Order of Merit{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Orders Insignia}} the New Zealand Operational Service Medal,{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: Operational Service Medal}} the New Zealand War Service Medal,{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: War Service Medal}} and the New Zealand Service Medal 1946–1949.{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: Service Medal}} The Queen's Service Order and Queen's Service Medal both have a ribbon with "central alternating stripes of red ochre (kokowhai), white and black in a descending step pattern from left to right" with a Māori Poutama motif.{{sfn|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: The Queen's Service Order}} The military decorations New Zealand Operational Service Medal, New Zealand War Service Medal, and New Zealand Service Medal 1946–1949 all have black and white ribbons drawn from the national colours.{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: Operational Service Medal}}{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: Service Medal}}{{sfn|New Zealand Defence Force: War Service Medal}} BrandingIn August 2012, Air New Zealand introduced its new livery, changing its corporate colours from teal to black, changing its typeface, but retaining the iconic Koru symbol.{{sfn|Air New Zealand}} The first plane to be repainted, an ATR 72-600, was painted almost entirely in black.{{sfn|Weekes|2012}} An Airbus A320, to be delivered in June 2013, will be the first plane to feature white body and black tail livery.{{sfn|Weekes|2012}} The typeface, designed by Kris Sowersby's foundry Klim Type Foundry,{{sfn|Air New Zealand}} will consist of black lettering on the white body of each plane. SportMany of the national sport teams of New Zealand are associated with the colour black. These include the men's rugby union team (All Blacks),{{sfn|New Zealand Rugby Union: All Blacks}} men's cricket team (Black Caps), men's basketball team (Tall Blacks),[2] men's softball team (Black Sox),{{sfn|Softball New Zealand: Black Sox}} men's baseball team (Diamondblacks),{{sfn|Fairfax New Zealand News|2012}} men's ice hockey team (Ice Blacks),{{sfn|New Zealand Ice Hockey}} men's field hockey team (Black Sticks Men),{{sfn|Hockey New Zealand}}women's rugby union team (Black Ferns) and women's field hockey team (Black Sticks Women).{{sfn|Hockey New Zealand}} In 2004, Badminton New Zealand tried to brand itself as The Black Cocks, an association to the sport's shuttlecock, as a gimmick to garner attention and sponsorships.{{sfn|Watson|2005}} It drew sponsorship interest from condom manufacturers, but the International Badminton Federation objected to the name,{{sfn|Watson|2005}} which has since been abandoned. White is also used for sport team colours. Because uniform colours in Association football cannot clash with referee uniforms in FIFA tournaments,{{sfn|FIFA|p=20}}{{sfn|FIFA: Equipment Regulations|p=21}} the men's football team uses white uniforms and is known as the All Whites. The women's softball team is known as the White Sox,{{sfn|Softball New Zealand: White Sox}} and the women's cricket team is known as the White Ferns. New Zealand sports teams have occasionally used teal as an accent colour, most notably in cricket. The same colour also has connections with other organisations such as Air New Zealand (see above). In motorracing, New Zealand's national colours are green (based on British racing green) and white. Notes1. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/overview/design-insignia| title = Design of The New Zealand Orders| website = Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet| publisher = Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet| access-date = 2015-03-29| quote = Red ochre was given official sanction as a national colour with the institution of the Queen's Service Order in 1975. (Other New Zealand national colours are black and white/silver and these may be found in the design of a variety of ribbons for other medals.)}} 2. ^Basketball New Zealand References{{refbegin|2}}
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