rooster59 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 New Zealand, new flagNew Zealanders have chosen a design for a possible new national flag that features the country’s iconic silver fern alongside the four stars of the Southern Cross constellation.It is too close to call between two flags with the same design but different colours.The winner go head-to-head with the current flag next March. -- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Key word "POSSIBLE". Does look nice thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 At least the new flag will not be confused with the OZ flag. I'm sure there are many people out there who could not tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 best of a bad bunch. we are part of the best club in the world, the commonwealth. taking off the union jack off our flag is like a child divorcing its mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 We are all very envious of New Zealand, a country with so few major problems to worry about (seriously), that they have so much time and energy to devote to such a high priority as designing a new national flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 We are all very envious of New Zealand, a country with so few major problems to worry about (seriously), that they have so much time and energy to devote to such a high priority as designing a new national flag. ha, so true. I am here now and it is a great country. I plan to wrap things up in Thailand over the next couple years and get my kids educated in nz. will miss Thailand but I hope I can fit in a trip back here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Fern? look like feather to me, right? and lots of jokes can be made using the word feather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timber Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Is pretty and iconic of New Zealand, but there is only a specific group of people to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Cool looking flag. I think they should add a sheep though.........JUST JOKING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 At least the new flag will not be confused with the OZ flag. I'm sure there are many people out there who could not tell the difference. Mainly Kiwis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bredbury Blue Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Like it but surprised there's no rugby ball ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 looks like something done in a kids art class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpa Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) 2nd hand story here so I'll make it brief. Canuck guy told it to me years after it happened. Canuck is working in Abu Dhabi with a Kiwi friend. Kiwi guy's birthday is coming in a month or 2, so he manages to find an inflatable sheep sex toy as a gag gift while on vacation back in Canada. Abu Dhabi customs finds it, pull it out of his bag and they start blowing it up in front of Allah & everybody at the airport. Said he never wanted to crawl under a rock so bad in all his life. They kept it. Edit: Oh yeah, this in reference to my sheep post above. Edited December 12, 2015 by jaywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 looks like something done in a kids art class At least it's not just a bunch boring geometric shapes like most flags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Off-topic posts removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonKorat Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Waste of taxpayers money,money would have been better spent on research on how to protect all the sheep that live in fear of the locals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andaman Al Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 best of a bad bunch. we are part of the best club in the world, the commonwealth. taking off the union jack off our flag is like a child divorcing its mother. THANK YOU!!! By the way, me too, am preparing everything for a move to South Island so the kids can be educated there, and learn what it means for the 'outdoor life'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 We are all very envious of New Zealand, a country with so few major problems to worry about (seriously), that they have so much time and energy to devote to such a high priority as designing a new national flag. Corruption is not exactly encouraged. The Kiwis do a magnificent job, if only they'd stop sending their rugby teams over to Oz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 2nd hand story here so I'll make it brief. Canuck guy told it to me years after it happened. Canuck is working in Abu Dhabi with a Kiwi friend. Kiwi guy's birthday is coming in a month or 2, so he manages to find an inflatable sheep sex toy as a gag gift while on vacation back in Canada. Abu Dhabi customs finds it, pull it out of his bag and they start blowing it up in front of Allah & everybody at the airport. Said he never wanted to crawl under a rock so bad in all his life. They kept it. Edit: Oh yeah, this in reference to my sheep post above. Good one cousin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Great work thus far due to our Kiwi friends. Lets see if we Australians can follow suit now there is no more influence from "Little Johnny Rotten" and his farcical republic referendum of 1999. Edited December 12, 2015 by bdenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 looks nice. At least grown up without this anachronistic Union Jack !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Fern? look like feather to me, right? and lots of jokes can be made using the word feather.... What kind of birds have you been plucking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Australia's new flag.docx Australia's response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) We are all very envious of New Zealand, a country with so few major problems to worry about (seriously), that they have so much time and energy to devote to such a high priority as designing a new national flag. You're joking right? Benefit scroungers run amok, immigrant problems, asylum seeker problems, mass unemployment. State pension cutbacks for citizens, while they spend all their money on welfare abroad. Looks like any other bankrupt western country to me. Edited December 12, 2015 by MaeJoMTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Cool looking flag. I think they should add a sheep though.........JUST JOKING!!! but if they added a sheep, then they would have to add gum boots as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 2nd hand story here so I'll make it brief. Canuck guy told it to me years after it happened. Canuck is working in Abu Dhabi with a Kiwi friend. Kiwi guy's birthday is coming in a month or 2, so he manages to find an inflatable sheep sex toy as a gag gift while on vacation back in Canada. Abu Dhabi customs finds it, pull it out of his bag and they start blowing it up in front of Allah & everybody at the airport. Said he never wanted to crawl under a rock so bad in all his life. They kept it. Edit: Oh yeah, this in reference to my sheep post above. Good one cousin!! Canada is a source of inflatable sheep sex toys????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wake me up when something important happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 We are all very envious of New Zealand, a country with so few major problems to worry about (seriously), that they have so much time and energy to devote to such a high priority as designing a new national flag. You're joking right? Benefit scroungers run amok, immigrant problems, asylum seeker problems, mass unemployment. State pension cutbacks for citizens, while they spend all their money on welfare abroad. Looks like any other bankrupt western country to me. are you talking about NZ? I am here at the moment and it seems to be a great country. very strong tourism and dairy industries, unemployment under 6 percent. what asylum seekers? my parents are retired here. despite being very well off they get more in retirement benefits than my gross salary in thaialand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fang37 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Anything w/o the Union Jack is acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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