


The flag seen on Direct Kea on 8 January 1991 was white, in 2:1 proportions, with the black words “Australia-New Zealand” above “Direct Line”. Beneath was a red horizontal line ending in two red panels bearing a white kangaroo and kiwi facing one another; lettering and panel sides were slanted. The funnel had been sighted on the same vessel on 25 January 1990. Mitchell instead gives a red kangaroo and blue kiwi and also shows the funnel under Delmas Vieljeux as Direct Line without panel emblems.
A photograph of an actual flag supplied by David Warwick shows blue in place of red. Rosanoski cannot determine whether the earlier report was mistaken, different panel colours were tried or a change reflected the service’s membership.
By a sighting of Direct Kea at Wellington on 16 March 2003, the flag was blue with joined “ANZDL” lettering. The letters look grey in the photograph but are assumed to be white.
Pipeline country 'Offices in North America' is not a country. The dated UK corporate principal cannot be imposed on the entire 1987–2005 service history. The excluded confirmed-duplicate image is preserved.