Thread: New Zealanders presented with 40 flag options to vote for new national standard

Originally Posted by Dragonfly94

Maoris are mostly fat, miserable complaining half breed spongers who resent everything the Europeans have done for them, including stopping them killing each other in tribal conflicts. Handouts and booze are all they are interested in these days, and shagging of course, enough to have bred themselves out, or were they all raped by whitey? Once they were 'warriors', now they are mostly pathetic whiners.

here they are celebrating the stone age

Xanax, fuck off. One trip to NZ does not make you an expert, you dullard.

Originally Posted by Plan B

Australia in envy

Some of you Kiwis lack any sense of reality.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Hopefully for the Kiwi's sake there will be a last minute entry that looks better? Agreed I'm not a Kiwi but non of the above look particularly like a statement of National pride

Number 1 looks ok.

I will vote for no change to the flag.
I want the current one

^ Your choice.

Can't see how anybody would want to keep the Union Jack though.

Originally Posted by Joe45

I will vote for no change to the flag.
I want the current one

You could keep the current flag but remove the butcher's apron. Problem solved.

I'd go for the 4th one. Keep it simple.

No change ?

Two thirds of people want to keep the current flag according to a poll taken just before the first flag referendum voting papers arrived in letterboxes across the country.

In the latest 3News Reid Research Poll, 65 per cent said they wanted to keep the current flag, while 28 per cent wanted to change - similar figures to two months ago indicating the shortlisted flags have done little to budge opinion.

The poll was taken from November 9 - 17, ending just before voting papers for people to rank their preferred alternative designs started arriving in letterboxes last Friday.

Poll: Most voters want to keep current flag - Politics - NZ Herald News

Most of those designs are redolent of something likely to be favoured by coon states or advertisements for some weird little niche macrobiotic restaurant chain selling vegan shite.

The black/ white motif strikes me as very ISIL and may be in vogue.

genticles flag design didn't make the final cut:

Originally Posted by Joe45

I will vote for no change to the flag.

As I have a stake in the land of the long gray cloud, I agree.

Bugger it, if Oz keeps the union jack so should the kiwis - it's about the only thing the Brits have to be happy about these days

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by Joe45

I will vote for no change to the flag.

As I have a stake in the land of the long gray cloud, I agree.

Bugger it, if Oz keeps the union jack so should the kiwis - it's about the only thing the Brits have to be happy about these days

When is your final move to the great land anyway, Hatters?

Family [and you] is still in Malaysia, yes?

Yup, still in Bumi-country, having a long week-end on Langkawi island.


Soon, mate, and looking forward to it. It is simply time to lead a 'real' life again, especially for the kids - enough of International schools and the like.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by Plan B

Australia in envy

Some of you Kiwis lack any sense of reality.

Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?

Doesn't matter, it obviously went way over your head.

Land of the long White smoke, cannibus flag.

This is the alternative flag design which will go head-to-head with New Zealand's current flag in the referendum on change, in March 2016.

The preliminary result of the first flag referendum has just been announced as Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue).

This is the alternative flag design which will go head-to-head with New Zealand's current flag in the referendum on change, in March 2016.

LIVE: New Zealand Flag referendum result | Stuff.co.nz

Gosh, are they really going to saddle themselves with that?

Those stars are just so, well, North Korean and what's with this obsession with a bloody fern as a national motif? The English rose, Welsh leek and Scottish thistle have secured an iconic, cultural significance but they don't have to represent statehood which is altogether something different and should have more gravitas.

Bloody awful design and so tasteless with far too much going on. Certainly looks like the product of a committee utterly ignorant of the concept, less is more.

^Those 'North Korean' stars - identical to the ones on current flag, red with white border

Look like a winner.

I agree with SA. It's a sport's logo, not a flag.

If you don't think too deeply (as we farang tend to over-think shit) it's ok (ish)
at first glance like...

But when one thinks about it, it's far too common and unsophisticated IMHO.

^ is the current one, then, sophisticated?
Four stars and another country's flag stuck in the corner, who was the brains trust for that masterpiece?

Expect there will be no change. Pity, i'd vote for anything without the union jack

Originally Posted by prawnograph

^ is the current one, then, sophisticated?
Four stars and another country's flag stuck in the corner, who was the brains trust for that masterpiece?

Expect there will be no change. Pity, i'd vote for anything without the union jack

Probably the same brians trust as this one?

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

I agree with SA. It's a sport's logo, not a flag.

If you don't think too deeply (as we farang tend to over-think shit) it's ok (ish)
at first glance like...

But when one thinks about it, it's far too common and unsophisticated IMHO.

Who wants sophisticated?

Just as long as that Union Jack goes I'm happy.

The Silver Fern rocks!

Māori hunters and warriors used the silver underside of the fern leaves to find their way home. When bent over, the fronds would catch the moonlight and illuminate a path through the forest.

This distinctly New Zealand symbol is considered a badge of honour by the people, products and services of our country that carry it.

It has been the symbol of New Zealand’s national rugby team since the 1880s and is now proudly worn by all our top athletes and prominently carried by many of our top companies.

In culture[edit]
The earliest uses of the silver fern were adopted by the New Zealand Army during the Second Boer War. Since then, the silver fern has been used by the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces during both World Wars and all Commonwealth war graves of fallen New Zealand soldiers have the silver fern engraved on their tombstones. During the 1956 Suez Crisis, Egyptians took exception to New Zealand and Canadian peacekeepers having the Union Flag on their uniforms. Canadian troops wore the Maple Leaf whereas the New Zealand contingent wore a silver fern symbol. New Zealand peacekeepers have since used both the silver fern and kiwi symbols for different deployments to differentiate from their Australian and British counterparts.
The silver fern has long been used on dairy products, including the logo of New Zealand Natural, and was trademarked as early as 1885.
Silver fern leaves appear on the coat of arms of New Zealand.
It is a logo for many other organisations, such as (heavily stylised) the rail operator KiwiRail. The Silver Fern is also the name of a class of railcar.
Many New Zealanders get a tattoo of a Silver Fern, as a statement of being from New Zealand.[citation needed]
Some alternative flags for New Zealand, such as the silver fern flag, use the silver fern. The official proposal of the New Zealand flag referendums, 2015–16 featured the fern.
The silver fern is also used extensively within politics and printed material, such as the logo of the former New Zealand Progressive Party.

Koru or unfurling frond of Silver fern
The koru symbol is inspired by the shape of an unfurling silver fern frond. It is found extensively in Māori art, and is used in a stylised form as the logo for national airline Air New Zealand.
In short, the fern has become one of the most widely recognised symbols of New Zealand, next to the Kiwi, though it is not an official symbol.[2]