tehori

Kia ora from NZ , I want to thank the people
involved in the flag and the HOA threads, I am still wiping the
tears of laughter away. Oh, for any Americans moving to NZ, the Stars and stripes is flown under the NZ flag, children get to swear allegiance to Her Majesty each morning at school assembly.

Some of those threads on health insurance in the USA
are disconcerting.

Ray

Welcome ..glad you enjoyed
Dont forget to checkout the lounge and TIO for more rants
about everything possible ..

Maz

Kia ora.

I didn't see the Stars and Stripes flown anywhere in NZ when I was there...

tehori

My neighbor flies it, along with the NZ. flag and the Silver fern.
Hope you enjoyed your stay.

JAJ

Which is a breach of etiquette:
http://www.mch.govt.nz/nzflag/protocol.html

Within New Zealand, the New Zealand Flag takes precedence over all other national flags and house flags. However, international practice forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another in time of peace.

When the New Zealand Flag is flown with the flags of other nations, each flag should be the same size and should fly from a separate flagpole of the same height.

Maz

Loved it, moving there in 2 or 3 months' time. Whereabouts were you visiting? We're Welly-bound.

That's awfully PC of the Kiwis... (shame that )

JAJ

It's the same in the United States:
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

... 11. When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace. The order of precedence for flags generally is National flags (US first, then others in alphabetical order in English), State (host state first, then others in the order of admission) and territories (Washington DC, Puerto Rico, etc.), Military (in order of establishment: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard), then other.

Tableland

Anyone know why the Australian flag can't be flown at night unless illuminated? Seems like a curious tradition to me.

Herm

It has to be illuminated so the seagulls can see to s**t on it.

Only joking - honest.......

Bob

Most countries are the same, it's out of respect.

Tableland

Right. Makes sense. I asked because when I was in Canada last there were lots of flags fluttering about at night. But I guess I'll see the same in Australia.

JAJ

Flag etiquette (in western countries) often more a matter of respect and good citizenship rather than law.

http://www.australianflag.org.au/ is the Australian National Flag Association and has details of Australian flag traditions and protocol.

CPW

Flags are often flown at night, including (sometimes) national flags. According to tradition (and good manners), national flags really ought to be taken down at or before sunset and not be raised again until after sunrise (or, perhaps, since the advent of flood-lighting, they should be flood-lit if left up). But this custom is often not observed, and no doubt it is less observed in some countries than in others.

tehori

[QUOTE=Maz;4962929]Loved it, moving there in 2 or 3 months' time. Whereabouts were you visiting? We're Welly-bound.


We live in Central Otago, Maz, I am a kiwi native, one
of the large brown types of the Ngapuhi Iwi .
A Maori of one of the northern tribes.

Best of luck for your move to Wellington.

tehori

[QUOTE=JAJ;4962917]Which is a breach of etiquette:
http://www.mch.govt.nz/nzflag/protocol.html

I was taking the urine.
And no, we do not get children to swear alligeience to
the crown each morning.