Press Release
Town Hall to Fly Flag as Mark of Respect for Earthquake Victims
The New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast from the Town Hall this weekend.
Speaking this morning, Councillor Cluness said “A great many Shetlanders have close connections with New Zealand. An illustration of that came a few years ago when a group of New Zealand ex pats gifted a flag to the people of Shetland. We have decided that it would be fitting to fly that flag at half-mast from the Town Hall this weekend, as a way of paying our respects to the victims of the recent earthquake”.