Wednesday, 19 August 2015

New Flag!

For the past few months the Government has been deciding what flag we should have to replace our current one. Personally I think the entire thing is a big waste of money and that our current flag is good enough but out of the 40 designs that have been selected I think that some of them are really good and these are my three favourites.


Black Jack by Mike Davison from Auckland, tagged with: Black, Red, White, Koru, Southern Cross, Union Jack, History, Independence, Cross, Māori culture.

This flag is called the Black Jack and was created by Mike Davidson. I like this design because has the Union Jack but it still incorporates a Maori design.


Silver Fern (Red,White & Blue) by Kyle Lockwood from Wellington, tagged with: Blue, Red, White, Fern, Southern Cross, Growth, Independence, Kiwiana, Māori culture, Multiculturalism, History.

This flag is called the silver fern and was created by Kyle Lockwood like this design because it still has the southern cross from our current flag and I also includes the fern, a proud symbol of  New Zealand.


Unity Fern (Red & Blue) by Paul Jackways from Canterbury, tagged with: Blue, Red, White, Fern.

This flag is called the Unity Fern and was created by Paul Jackways. I like this flag because it got all the colours from our old flag and it also includes a fern one of the most commonly known New Zealand symbol, the fern


Unity Koru by Paul Densem from Wellington, tagged with: Blue, Red, White, Koru, Unity.

This flag is called the Unity Koru and was created by Paul Densem. I like this flag because it includes the colours from our old flag and it also includes a koru in the middle which is one of New Zealand's native plants


All in all my favourite flag out of the all the 4 that I have written about would have to be the Black Jack because it incorporates a Maori design while still having our old flag's appearance.

Why we should change the flag
  • Changing the flag would symbolize our independence from Britain
  • The new flag would incorporate strong Maori influence
  • Our current flag is often confused by flags of other countries especially Australia's.
  • The new flag could symbolize a change for the better for New Zealand

Why we should not change the flag
  • It cost taxpayers 27 million dollars even if we decide to keep our old flag
  • Our soldiers in fought and died under our current flag
  • Our current flag is a New Zealand artefact
  • I like the old flag and so do 99.9999999% of people
Anyway thanks for reading and comment down below what is your favourite flag!

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