Monday, September 28, 2015

Change the Flag

In my mind I think that it is a great idea to change the current New Zealand flag because it has already been changed  in years past.

In my thoughts there is not one piece of the current flag that represents the Maori culture.
Yes I get that the ANZACs fought under it but the Maori’s have lived here longer than the European’s, so why do we have to have a flag that represents Europeans ?
I know some Maori’s want to keep the current flag but others want to change it because it doesn’t have any symbols of the Maori culture on it.

Also they have changed the New Zealand flag in the past.
What I don’t understand is that they have changed the flag in the past and they all had history at the time, like the first New Zealand flag, United Tribes Flag that a huge amount of history because it was the first New Zealand flag that the Europeans and Maori’s created together as the first national flag for New Zealand as a nation.

Another reason is that they have spent all this money why waste it.
Well they have already spent all this they may as well change it now because it would be a waste if they don’t and then people will winge about it.

This is why I believe that we should change the current New Zealand flag.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Zara, you have made some very good points. Mark had not heard of the united chiefs flag, and I had not thought of it's significance in our history. I wonder why no one has considered the Tinorangatiratanga flag in this debate? (The one the Mana Party uses as it's brand, actually that is probably why!)

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