The (unofficial) flag of the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri in Maori; Rekohu in the indigenous language, Moriori). In the centre is the map of the island with the Te Whanga lagoon depicted in white. Behind the map is a depiction of the rising sun. The flag was designed by Logan Alderson (a former New Zealand police officer) in 1993, and it has been used in the Chathams since then.
It was reported that at the 2005 opening of a new marae on the islands, which included a rare visit by the New Zealand Prime Minister, the Chathams flag was clearly seen flying from a flagpole over the Marae.
Famous quotes containing the words flag, chatham and/or islands:
“Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Bravest of all in Frederick town,
She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms—never—never—never!”
—William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (1708–1778)
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)