Susan Kara is a big All Blacks fan. So much so, she has an All Blacks tattoo on her chest.
So it was only natural her first flag 10 years ago was an All Blacks one.
The day the Guardian visited her Ashhurst home, Susan had just bought a tino rangatiratanga flag.
"I just love the bright colours and my husband [Ben] wanted a Māori one."
Ben is also a big All Blacks fan and that flag flies when the team is playing.