New Zealand Considers A New Flag
Posted: 10 Aug 2015, 19:40
The NZ Government is intending to hold a referendum to decide whether to replace the present flag. Here are the 40 designs in the "long list":
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Flags/The-long-list.pdf
Waves ferns and stars seem to predominate. No kiwis that I can spot. Here is the link to the page that explains the process that leads to a head-to-head competition with the present flag:
https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/open-letter
I have to say that I fundamentally disagree with the Panel's claim that "a great flag should be distinctive and so simple it can be drawn by a child from memory". That would immediately rule out such striking and immediately recognisable flags as the Union Flag, the flags of Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and dozens of others, probably even the US flag. Looking at the "long list" one is immediately struck by the fact that with few exceptions the Panel has in fact rejected its own claim.
https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Flags/The-long-list.pdf
Waves ferns and stars seem to predominate. No kiwis that I can spot. Here is the link to the page that explains the process that leads to a head-to-head competition with the present flag:
https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/open-letter
I have to say that I fundamentally disagree with the Panel's claim that "a great flag should be distinctive and so simple it can be drawn by a child from memory". That would immediately rule out such striking and immediately recognisable flags as the Union Flag, the flags of Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and dozens of others, probably even the US flag. Looking at the "long list" one is immediately struck by the fact that with few exceptions the Panel has in fact rejected its own claim.