Friday, September 23, 2011

time to look at a new national flag

New Zealand
Australia
Hawaii
As broadcaster John Campbell observed on his TV3 show last night, the flag being sold in NZ shops for the country's rugby supports to display and wave isn't the official national flag above, but one featuring a silver fern on a black background: the Campbell Live video   The follow-up video broadcast on the show tonight here.

The problem with the present NZ flag isn't the Union Jack in the corner -- after all it's also on the state flag of Hawaii -- the problem is those four red stars that make the NZ flag look like a communist version of the Australian one. Often people from other countries get confused. Something a little more distinctive for NZ is obviously desirable.

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