Views on NZ Flag
The Herald has opinions from pretty much every columnist, and a few others.
- Our greatest athlete Peter Snell says it is time for a change and would like a silver fern flag.
- Fran O’Sullivan backs change saying the current flag is too boring, and too similar to Australia.
- Noelle McCarthy admires the Canadian flag.
- Brian Rudman wants the existing flag rolled up.
- Garth George says we should have changed our flag when the UK entered the EEC, but says a change should now only happen when we become a republic.
- Tapu Misa says she is a proud NZer but indifferent to the flag.
- Paul Thomas says the current flag is about our past.
- John Roughan says the way to change the flag is to design a better one.
- Tracey Barnett says “if anyone told me I had to stop to count the stars to tell it apart from its Aussie twin I would have asked what they were smoking”
- Jim Hopkins seems to be the sole voice calling for the current flag to remain as it represents our history and a change would be divisive.
- Rebecca Barry says NZ has outgrown the flag and needs a new one.