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28 November 2006

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Scottish flag to fly on Auckland Harbour Bridge

The flag of Scotland will fly from the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Thursday 30 November, in recognition of Saint Andrew’s Day. The flag will be flown from 6:30am until 6:30pm.

Transit considers requests from nations wanting to commemorate their country’s national days and significant occasions. Recently the Albanian, Lebanese and Monaco flags have all flown on the bridge.

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