New Zealand's flag was adopted in 1902, five decades before Australia's current flag was officially recognized in 1954. Though various versions of the Australian flag have been used since 1901 ...

New Zealand’s acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country’s flag, telling its trans-Tasman neighbor to get its own design.

An anti-immigrant protest led by radical religious leader Brian Tamaki in New Zealand saw flags of several religions, ...

The Australian flag, bottom, and the New Zealand flag, with its distinctive red stars, fly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2005. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) By Siobhán O'Grady ...

New Zealand has voted to retain our current flag. I encourage all NZers to use it, embrace it and, more importantly, be proud of it. — John Key (@johnkeypm) March 24, 2016 ...

The New Zealand flag was adopted by the country on March 24, 1902. Australia’s flag was adopted 52 years later on April 14, 1954. "We had a flag that we've had for a long time, copied by ...

SYDNEY — The acting prime minister of New Zealand accused Australia this week of copying his country’s 116-year-old flag and demanded that Australians come up with a new design.

When Capt. James Cook landed in Australia and (against orders of the Crown) declared the land a British colony, Australia and New Zealand shared a flag based on the blue ensign — a flag used by ...