Josh has designed a new flag for NZ..
He says:
"I did an informal survey and found that kiwi's don't feel much when they gaze upon their flag. they don't feel any national pride, like when they see the haka or something. so i figured we might as well help them out and make a flag that everyone can rally around and not have it be a symbol of colonial control, but rather a flag that symbolizes NZ's march forward as united country with a common future as opposed to a colonial past.
The Silver Fern represents the fauna of NZ and the Black represents the All Blacks, the pride and joy of their sporting history (and really the de facto national colour).
It will be a way for NZ to feel a swell of pride over a national symbol instead of ambivlence. The same thing happened in Canada. they used to have the red ensign with the crest of Canada on it. Then they changed to the maple leaf flag and people really took to it and love it now."
The Silver Fern represents the fauna of NZ and the Black represents the All Blacks, the pride and joy of their sporting history (and really the de facto national colour).
It will be a way for NZ to feel a swell of pride over a national symbol instead of ambivlence. The same thing happened in Canada. they used to have the red ensign with the crest of Canada on it. Then they changed to the maple leaf flag and people really took to it and love it now."
Thoughts?
So far I've gotten:
"A bit pirate-ish"
"Great!"
1 comment:
I thought that this was already their flag...
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