File:Flag of New Zealand.svg

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red	rendered as `RGB 200 016 046`	Pantone 186 C
blue	rendered as `RGB 001 033 105`	Pantone 280 C
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:32, 24 September 2022	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Flagvisioner	Why? Your upscaling also seems to have caused a larger file size. Reverted to version as of 14:28, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
	18:34, 5 September 2022	1,280 × 640 (5 KB)	Angelgreat	resize svg
	14:28, 16 September 2019	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Perhelion	Same colour as the File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg: Fulfilling edit request by Great Brightstar. Thanks for helping!
	21:46, 6 December 2015	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Voyager	Reverted to version as of 20:45, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
	21:45, 6 December 2015	1,990 × 993 (12 KB)	Voyager	Reverted to version as of 13:52, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
	20:45, 6 December 2015	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	GoldenRainbow	Not yet. They had to vote in a referendum first before they had a new design or keep the old one.
	13:52, 6 December 2015	1,990 × 993 (12 KB)	Salvabl	This is the new official flag of New Zealand.
	18:06, 8 November 2015	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Voyager	vandalism
	17:58, 8 November 2015	1,990 × 993 (12 KB)	Joxeantied	This is the official new flag.
	04:52, 26 April 2013	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 02:26, 5 June 2012 I believe this is the most accurate