Tuesday 22 April 2025, 8am – 5pm (or building
hours)
Wednesday 23 April 2025, 8am –
5pm (or building hours)
At the request of the
Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Christopher Luxon, the
New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all
Government and public buildings on Tuesday 22 April and
Wednesday 23 April 2025, to mark the passing of His Holiness
Pope Francis.
The New Zealand Flag should be flown at
half-mast all day on Tuesday 22 April and again on
Wednesday 23 April 2025. The Flag should be
returned to full mast at 5pm Wednesday 23 April 2025 (or
close of building hours).
This instruction applies to
all Government Departments, buildings and naval vessels
which have flag poles and normally fly the New Zealand
Flag.
On the day of the funeral for His
Holiness Pope Francis, the New Zealand Flag will again to be
flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings.
Further advice as to the date of the funeral will be
provided once it is available.
The flag
is half-masted by first raising it to the top of the mast
and then immediately lowering it slowly to the half-mast
position. The half-mast position will depend on the size of
the flag and the length of the flagpole. The flag must be
lowered to a position recognisably “half-mast” to avoid the
appearance of a flag which has accidentally fallen away from
the top of the flagpole.
As a guide, the flag should
be more than its own depth from the top of the flagpole. At
the end of the day, the flag should be raised again to the
top of the flagpole before being fully lowered.
For
more information about half-masting the flag, visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/flags/half-masting-new-zealand-flag
.
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