Fiji PM announces the Union Jack to be removal from national flag

Updated February 4 2015 - 12:49pm, first published 12:34pm
The Prime Minister of Fiji has announced plans to remove the union jack from the nation's flag. Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images.
The Prime Minister of Fiji has announced plans to remove the union jack from the nation's flag. Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images.

Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power Britain, Frank Bainimarama, the prime minister, said.