Flag?

[Erelyes]

Looks like the decision had already been made before the first referendum

Yes, because making display of the suggested flags illegal would be so sensible.

The new flag will be the Red, White, and Blue one.MHO
And Chinese companies are already using it on NZ produced goods.

You've not seen the referendum result then. Black/blue Lockwood design won it on preferential voting (even though it was #1 for less people).

[Tazz]

Disappointing. I will be voting to keep our current one.

The new flag will be the Red, White, and Blue one.MHO
And Chinese companies are already using it on NZ produced goods.

The design is from the early 2000's and has been mistakenly (or otherwise?) used on goods since then. Have you ever looked at Chinese knock offs? 9 times out of 10 there are glaring mistakes, so it's not surprising some of them are dumb enough to get wrong flag too

[PrincessBandit]

I'll also be voting to keep the current one. As for all the moaning about how much it looks like the Aussie one - we had ours first, and anyway who fricken cares (besides John Key, who keeps whining about how he ends up standing in front of the Australian one) that other people mix them up? We know our flag. The fact that other nations can't tell the difference is of no interest to me.

[Ocean1]

I'll also be voting to keep the current one. As for all the moaning about how much it looks like the Aussie one - we had ours first, and anyway who fricken cares (besides John Key, who keeps whining about how he ends up standing in front of the Australian one) that other people mix them up? We know our flag. The fact that other nations can't tell the difference is of no interest to me.

Well at least after the final vote we can be said to have chosen our flag, whatever it is.

Which is certainly not the case now. We didn't chose it and it's certainly not ours, it's a defaced British effort foisted on us like most other colonies.

The correct symbol for NZ is that we gave ourselves, the one our people have been buried under since well before the current abomination became "official".

[Akzle]

The correct symbol for NZ is that we gave ourselves, the one our people have been buried under since well before the current abomination became "official".

you mean.... The confederated tribes flag of 1836?

[Akzle]

Well at least after the final vote we can be said to have chosen our flag, whatever it is.

just like we chose to be governed by white cun//


o, wait on...

[Ocean1]

you mean.... The confederated tribes flag of 1836?

Well I suppose I could bury you under one if you like.

And that'd be one...

[Akzle]

Well I suppose I could bury you under one if you like.

And that'd be one...

sorry. You used the words "we" and "ourselves"...
I should have known you meant "cracker ass motherufcken yurp cunts"

[Ocean1]

sorry. You used the words "we" and "ourselves"...
I should have known you meant "cracker ass motherufcken yurp cunts"

Us. New Zealanders.

Entirely understandable mistake, however from someone who considers only himself.

Cunt.

[Jin]

Well I suppose I could bury you under one if you like.

And that'd be one...

The only good one is a dead one...

[Oakie]

Well I preferred the similar flag with the red corner but I'll happily vote for the selected one ... my second choice.
Happy to see the back of the Union Jack on our flag anyway.

[bogan]

Well I preferred the similar flag with the red corner but I'll happily vote for the selected one ... my second choice.
Happy to see the back of the Union Jack on our flag anyway.

I went for red peak as it's a icon design rather than logo; but I think the plebs missed the rational behind that. Will still vote to change though I think.

[nerrrd]

That whole 'no one can tell the difference between our flag and Australia's' argument drives me nuts...they might like to compare the Irish, Italian and French flags, for instance...Lithuania and Germany...Romania and Belgium etc etc.

That fern is poorly rendered at best, and the relationship between the different shapes and colours is clumsy and unbalanced; regardless of the result I'll be sticking with the old one until something stronger comes along.

IMHO this process should have been undertaken over several years, maybe a decade even, before they settled on a final design.

[PrincessBandit]

That whole 'no one can tell the difference between our flag and Australia's' argument drives me nuts...they might like to compare the Irish, Italian and French flags, for instance...Lithuania and Germany...Romania and Belgium etc etc.


That fern is poorly rendered at best, and the relationship between the different shapes and colours is clumsy and unbalanced; regardless of the result I'll be sticking with the old one until something stronger comes along.

IMHO this process should have been undertaken over several years, maybe a decade even, before they settled on a final design.

Excellent first point. Final sentence - I agree, but I don't even want to imagine what that would have cost.

[ellipsis]

...I've only ever ventured out under a skull and crossbones...where's my option...