Finland flag to fly on Auckland Harbour Bridge
Monday, 4 December 2006, 4:12 pm
Press Release: Transit New Zealand
4 December 2006
Finland flag to fly on Auckland
Harbour Bridge
The flag of Finland will fly from the
Auckland Harbour Bridge on Wednesday 6 December, in
recognition of their Independence 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 Thai, Romanian and Scottish flags have all
flown on the
bridge.
ENDS
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