Flag of Goiás organized by Joaquim Bonifácio de Siqueira. As in the national flag (unnoficially), the green represents the forests and the yellow represents the gold. Flag of Goiás The flag of Goiás was created by Joaquim Bonifácio de Siqueira and it symbolizes the state of Goiás. It has a rectangle shape, with four green odd stripes and four even yellow stripes. On the upper left hoist, a blue rectangle with five white stars (representing the Southern Cross, constellation that gave Brazil its primitive names - Vera Cruz and Santa Cruz), four on each side and one smaller in the center. The flag
Flag of New Zealand is still flown on the flag pole at Waitangi, and can be seen on Waitangi Day. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Union Jack was used, although the former United Tribes flag was still used by a number of ships from New Zealand and in many cases on land. The New Zealand Company settlement at Wellington, for example, continued to use the United Tribes flag until ordered to replace it by Governor William Hobson in May 1840 (following his declaration of British sovereignty). In 1866 the British Admiralty advised colonies that if they possessed vessels governed by