Otago province (New Zealand)

Last modified: 2005-04-23 by jonathan dixon
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by James Dignan, 28 Dec 2004

• Presentation of Otago Province
• Description of the flag
• Construction Sheet
• Quartered flag
• Golden saltire
• Sport flags
• University of Otago

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• Dunedin
• Otago Harbour Board

Otago is the second largest province of the South Island, both in population and area. Its capital is Dunedin, and its other major towns are Oamaru and Queenstown (Queenstown is sometimes regarded as part of another province, Southland, for some administrative purposes). It is roungly triangular in shape, with a long East coast stretching from the Waitaki river to the southernmost point of the mainland (Slope Point), and running inland along the Waitaki river in the north, and from Slope point up to the shores of Lake Wakatipu.
James Dignan, 26 August 1997

Description of the flag

Here are the details of the flag that was ch