Day 2!
Kia Mau Tonu Te Tumanako - Never Lose Hope
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Task ~
Activity 1: When you enter our school look up, you see a New Zealand flag!
This flag was designed back in 1902. That makes the New Zealand flag 115 years old!
This flag was designed back in 1902. That makes the New Zealand flag 115 years old!
It’s your turn to design a flag for NZ - a flag to spread HOPE across Aotearoa at this time.
Use google draw or this flag design site to design your flag.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Activity 2:
Post your new flag on your blog and to score to earn full points you must describe the
flag, in words, below the picture. Please tell us what is on the flag and what inspired your
design.
flag, in words, below the picture. Please tell us what is on the flag and what inspired your
design.
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My flag! :)
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My flag is quite simple but it represents the little things in New Zealand. I didn't have the imagination at the time to come up with a creative flag so I kept it simple.
As you can see there is a white fern on the bottom left. The fern is a native plant to New Zealand. New Zealand uses the fern for a whole lot! You're able to find it our in nature, using the name Ferns in some of our sport teams and a whole lot more. The fern symbolizes eternal youth and represents new life and new beginnings. To others it represents family and hope for the future generations. Some people get little fern badges as a souvenir from New Zealand. It's pretty cool!
In the middle is a simple yet beautiful Maori pattern/plant. This is called the Koru. The Koru is a fern related plant. Again you are able to find this plant in our (New Zealand) nature and outdoor world. But, you actually can't find them just sitting around in bushes and other places. You can find them on the eastern Great Barrier Island and other off shore islands of Whanganui. It's not just a pattern/plant as it does have a meaning. The koru symbolizes, Peace, New lives and Growth! Some also think that the koru brings good luck to new lives and to families.
Lastly, in the top right corner there are 4 starts. I took the idea from the original New Zealand flag. It represents the southern cross, a constellation. One of the distinctive features of southern hemisphere sky is the constellation of the Southern Cross. The southern cross is the first constellation that New Zealand children recognized. It actually does not represent the New Zealand people but it does represent the New Zealand Government.
Knowing the meaning of the things on my flag inspired me to inform people about what it symbolizes and what the meaning is. We're not just a nation of New Zealanders. We're made up of a whole lot of different cultures! But as Te Reo is one of our main languages I decided to use some symbols and things from the Maori Culture. I am too Maori and love my culture dearly. I think the meaning behind the Koru, Fern and Stars are beautiful and so thats why I decided to use them on my flag :)
Thanks for sharing your neat design Jahzara. I love the thought you've put into the symbols you've used here. The most outstanding for me is the use of the Koru. At this time of level 4 alert for NZ, the koru as you've stated stands for new life and growth. I think many of us are going through this time of starting again, making things new as we spend more and more quality time at home with the ones we love. Well done you!
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