NZ First seeks to legislate ‘New Zealand’ as country’s official name

[sugilite:Me]

Oh fuck oh fuck
I laughed and laughed.
Thank you.
Still laughing as I type.

and how did you know that I was thinking of laser eyed kiwi when I wrote that? Actually the night before thinking about the flag.

Good to hear you got a laugh out of it. And Ii impossible not to think of the sheer awesomeness of a laser eyed kiwi when discussing flag replacements

And call me shallow but I want a flag that looks good. The existing one looks better than any alternative I've seen so far.

I'd vote for the tino rangitiratanga flag if that was an option, graphically it's a stunner.

The only fern design I've ever seen that actually works on a flag is the All Blacks logo, but that one's taken too.

Again not something I'll be losing much sleep over.

I quite liked this one when Keys flag initiative was alive.

Goddamn.

This is making a compelling argument.

Haha, glad you got a laugh.


My serious opinion is I like New Zealand and do not mind Aotearoa being used either. I'm fine with both being used, many countries do this. I cannot think of any replacement names myself.
For me it is just the usual minor parties in a coalition desperate to distinguish themselves. And they have seen how effective culture wars are in the US. Yes, I'm looking at you NZ First and Act.

[F5 Dave]

The Brits were always masters of giving countries names they didn't call themselves.

We beat you in a skirmish or colonised you.
You can be Germany, you can be China, you can be India.

No complaints? Good.

[nerrrd]

Yeah the fern is a difficult symbol to massage into a simple and clean graphic that looks good on a flag. The referendum demonstrated that in no uncertain terms for me, but that's just my opinion, and someone may well crack it in future.

I'd be happy to just take off the union jack and leave the rest as is. Either way just stick with the one symbol, just stars or just a fern, don't overload it.

[jellywrestler]

or just a fern, don't overload it.

every country pretty much has a fern, it's a shit symbol for individuality

[pritch]

every country pretty much has a fern, it's a shit symbol for individuality

Exactly. The silver fern plant is special but nobody else even knows what it is. Foreign people seeing a silver fern badge think it's a feather.