Flag of New Zealand early days of European settlement. Additionally, in Māori mythology the Southern Cross is identified as "Māhutonga", an aperture in "Te Ikaroa" (the Milky Way) through which storm winds escaped. The flag should be rectangular in shape and its length should be two times its width, translating into an aspect ratio of 1:2. It has a royal blue background with a Union Jack in the canton, and four five-pointed red stars with white borders on the fly (outer or right-hand side). The exact colours are specified as Pantone 186C (red), Pantone 280C (blue), and white. According to the Ministry for Culture
Under the Southern Cross (1927 film) Under the Southern Cross (1927 film) Under the Southern Cross is a 1927 British drama film set in New Zealand, directed and produced for Gaumont British by Gustav Pauli. It is now lost. The film probably has no connection with the 1929 American film of the same name, Under the Southern Cross, directed by Lew Collins, and also set in New Zealand. A young man in England is wrongly accused of a crime, so emigrates to New Zealand and works on a farm. He falls in love with Hazel, the joint owner of a nearby sheep station. She is also