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Flag Tokelau, in 36 editions.
The entry for Tokelau published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 3
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 7 editions, 1990 to 1996.
the flag of New Zealand is used
the flag of New Zealand is used
The same text in 12 editions, 1997 to 2008.
Published as “Flag description”
the flag of New Zealand is used
the flag of New Zealand is used
The same text in 4 editions, 2009 to 2012.
Published as “Flag description”
- a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side;
- the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and symbolizes the country's navigating into the future, the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies
Rewritten: too little of the 2008 text remains to mark the changes.
a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and symbolizes the country's navigating into the future, the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies
The same text in 12 editions, 2013 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side;
- the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and, in conjunction with the canoe, symbolizes the country navigating into the future;
- the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies
a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and and, in conjunction with the canoe, symbolizes the country's country navigating into the future, future; the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies
- description:
- a stylized yellow Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward four white five-pointed stars on the left side
- meaning:
- the stars are the Southern Cross constellation and represent the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture;
- the stars and canoe together symbolize the country navigating into the future;
- yellow stands for happiness and peace, and blue for the ocean
description: a yellow stylized yellow Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, four white five-pointed stars at on the hoist side; left side
meaning: the stars are the Southern Cross represents constellation and represent the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and, in conjunction with culture; the canoe, symbolizes stars and canoe together symbolize the country navigating into the future; the color yellow indicates stands for happiness and peace, and the blue field represents for the ocean on which the community relies
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Tokelau: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tokelau/flag.