Keywords: Nz-si.png Proposed Flag of South Island svg en wikipedia 2009 November 7 South Island flag Unofficial in that it is not gazetted but has been seen in various online publications Supposed representation is that the white color comes from the snows of the Southern Alps with the red strip at the bottom representing the Maori and Europeans of New Zealand Red being the common color The Maori name for the South Island is boldly emblazoned over the strip In order to blend in with the flag the New Zealand White Ensign is placed in the canton Designer Dean Thomas gives permission for this image to be placed on WIKIPEDIA Expatkiwi en Category Flag images en Category Flags of New Zealand History of Image Nz-si GIF 2007-08-02T19 43 36Z Helenalex Talk contribs 662 bytes <nowiki>categorised</nowiki> 2006-12-05T06 53 26Z BetacommandBot Talk contribs <nowiki>Changing template and preparing to delete template see here</nowiki> 2006-05-24T03 06 28Z ScottMainwaring Talk contribs 2005-12-02T01 23 17Z Expatkiwi Talk contribs <nowiki>/ Licensing /</nowiki> 2005-10-11T22 18 34Z Expatkiwi Talk contribs 2005-10-11T22 11 27Z Expatkiwi Talk contribs <nowiki>explanation</nowiki> 2005-10-11T19 09 18Z Expatkiwi Talk contribs <nowiki>South Island flag</nowiki> original upload log page en wikipedia Nz-si png '1' Upload date User Bytes Dimensions Comment - nowrap 2008-10-04 03 38 28 nowrap 718 Bot nowrap 3162 nowrap 864×432 <small><nowiki> South Island flag Unofficial in that it is not gazetted but has been seen in various online publications Supposed representation is that the white color comes from the snows of the Southern Alps with the red strip at the bottom represen</nowiki></small> derivative works Proposed Flag of South Island svg Proposed flags of the South Island |