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NEW ZEALAND IS in the process of choosing a new flag.
The country has identified a short list of 40 from which its possible new national symbol will be selected.
An open call was put out for design submissions in May, resulting in more than 10,000 entrants. Out of such a large number there was bound to be a few slightly more unusual creations.
The country will undergo two referendums in the next seven months to make its final decision. One to decide what the replacement flag might be and a second referendum to decide whether it should keep the existing design, which features Britain’s Union flag.
Lets take a look at a few of the flags that didn’t make the short list (but oh how we wish that they had).
Designed by: Christina Kaldelis from Wellington
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Sun, beach, cricket, ice cream = perfect day
Designed by: James Gray from Auckland
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The laser beam projects a powerful image of New Zealand. I believe my design is so powerful it does not need to be discussed.
Designed by: Louis Valenzuela from Auckland
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Nothing says welcome to New Zealand like this flag.
Designed by: Jeong Hyuk Fidan from Canterbury
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Who doesn’t love a cat that rakes its own garden?
Designed by: Jesse Gibbs from Canterbury
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This design represents all of NZ because we have lots of sheep and love hokey pokey ice cream. I even included the blue and red to keep all of you naysayers happy. Kiwi as bro.
Designed by: Stole it from Lester Hall from Northland (Suggested by: Sharon Greig from Northland)
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Why would this make a good flag? Because its fun, we need to smile more often, and perhaps take ourselves less seriously. And to provide the panel with a reprieve from the tyranny of all those dreadful kiwi/fern/Walters silhouettes.
Our parliament is called the beehive so it seems natural that we reference the Buzzy Bee, the overall connotation being that we are a nation of busy little bees running around collecting honey for the hive (parliament), and like bees our egalitarian intention is the greater good for all. This image is appropriated from the artist Lester Hall www.lesterhall.com
Designed by: Michael Strong from Wellington
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I like giraffes. They’re much better than horses because horses have small necks and can’t eat trees.
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Ulster looked a lot better tonight. They’re obviously far from the finished product but it’s a positive sign that they can string together more than five consecutive phases in attack. That young academy scrum-half Conor McKee was very good and his kicking from the base of the ruck was very accurate all match. Stewart Moore was excellent at fullback again and set the platform the Ulster backs by winning the contest in the air from kicks excellently. I cannot be stated enough how much Ulster needed this win. After losing 8 out their last 10 matches, it was crucial that they got any sort of victory tonight to keep their chances of making the URC knockout stages alive and they managed to do that. Even though I’m a Leinster supporter, I’ll still cheer for Ulster whenever they play anyone else.
Ireland needs to step up and step up and invest all the apple money into the Ukraine war effort. Time to stop being such pansies and fight:
@Basildon Joe: for a moment I thought you were going to suggest invest in Ulster rugby
@You Cant Be Serious: is Joe really English ? They seemed to be a bit smarter than that when I lived there.
@Basildon Joe: Time to accept that supporting Ukraine properly will have a cost and the Apple money isn’t done sort of endless free well of money. I’m happy to pay it but are you?
@Basildon Joe: So keen to send Irish kids to Ukraine to die why not do us a favour and head there yourself? Hopefully the Russians do us a favour
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Yet again the uk leading the war effort, we always win!
@Basildon Joe: yawn
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