Canterbury province (New Zealand)

Last modified: 2002-10-26 by sam lockton
Keywords: new zealand | canterbury | quartered | rugby |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Rugby fan flags
• The Canterbury Flag of Partnership

• New Zealand
• New Zealand - Index of all pages
• Subdivisions and dependencies of New Zealand
• Sport regions of New Zealand
• Clickable map of New Zealand (traditional provinces)
• Clickable map of New Zealand (sport regions)
• Chatham Islands

In Canterbury (the area around Christchurch), a design quartered red and black is most common, in the national rugby union competition (The National Provincial Championship), waved by fans at the grounds.
James Dignan, 12 September 1996

The usual sport’s fans flags are horizontally striped (usually 6 stripes) red and black.
James Dignan, 29 March 1999

I have seen the quartered Canterbury flag in use as a sports flag, as well as the striped one. The striped flag is usually quite a bit shorter.
James Dignan, 5 April 1999

There are, however, no standardised designs for provincial flags.
James Dignan, 12 September 1996

The bold design of the Canterbury Flag is a symbol of partnership, the partnership of the maori and the pakeha,