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homeowner 39 22.41%
renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
Total: 174 votes
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Kathleen
Feb 26, 2013

Grimey Drawer


still my flag fav.

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Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



It's pretty nice, but it's missing the gold ring.

klen dool
May 7, 2007

Okay well me being wrong in some limited situations doesn't change my overall point.
I think we should keep the flag we have now, until we decide to become a republic. Then we can get a new flag.

On the other hand, perhaps this is a step towards becoming a republic. We get a supreme court, we change the flag, then something else, then we become a republic.

I suspect this is legacy building for key though, he wants to be remembered as the guy that changed the flag not the guy that assaults wait staff.

Either way, the Maori flag is cool but also a design that keeps the southern cross is cool too because in my naive opinion the southern cross is important for Maori because sea navigation?

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Our flag doesn't have to disregard every aspect of our legacy. White people colonising this country have arguably made it the country it is today

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
My idea for a new flag is a clear rectangle with a black border.

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
the first flag with an alpha channel?

klen dool
May 7, 2007

Okay well me being wrong in some limited situations doesn't change my overall point.

echinopsis posted:

Our flag doesn't have to disregard every aspect of our legacy. White people colonising this country have arguably made it the country it is today

We came over on boats, and the southern cross on the flag is a European design so the southern cross is our legacy as well.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
I'm white therefore I want my flag to be a white foot crushing a meeting house with "WE WIN" in Latin under it

truther
Oct 22, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT THE BEARS
Until white becomes the next minority!

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Unironically I think this one is great and would vote for it on a ballot:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Ah yes, I feel a swelling sense of pride saluting the celestial wang.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Slavvy posted:

Ah yes, I feel a swelling sense of pride saluting the celestial wang.

Beat me to it.

The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008





fong posted:

Unironically I think this one is great and would vote for it on a ballot:



Appropriate as it looks like a meth pipe.

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

fong posted:

Unironically I think this one is great and would vote for it on a ballot:



It looks like something out of an airline ad.

Laverna
Mar 21, 2013


klen dool posted:

I think we should keep the flag we have now, until we decide to become a republic. Then we can get a new flag.

On the other hand, perhaps this is a step towards becoming a republic. We get a supreme court, we change the flag, then something else, then we become a republic.

I suspect this is legacy building for key though, he wants to be remembered as the guy that changed the flag not the guy that assaults wait staff.

Either way, the Maori flag is cool but also a design that keeps the southern cross is cool too because in my naive opinion the southern cross is important for Maori because sea navigation?

Yeah, he doesn't deserve that legacy. But he wants it, and like that ponytail by God is he going to get it!


I didn't see the silver fern on the list, is that going to be just one of the default options?
Personally I'm in favour of changing it to the silver fern if we change it at all. It's already part of our cultural identity, whether we like it or not. The design and colours aren't politically or culturally exclusive to either Pakeha or Maori (as far as I know), instead it's just New Zealand. And there are already tons of the flags out there, you'd just have to chuck out the old ones and not change too much.
Hell, it's already on our passports. Can't get more official than that, right?

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/gallery/design/1270

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Laverna posted:

I didn't see the silver fern on the list, is that going to be just one of the default options?

The only option included by default will be the current flag

quote:

The current flag (the 1902 New Zealand Blue Ensign) will not be published to our gallery as it will automatically be included in referendum two in March 2016.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

klen dool posted:

I suspect this is legacy building for key though, he wants to be remembered as the guy that changed the flag not the guy that assaults wait staff.

Or, y'know, the guy who (best case scenario) honestly considered selling out our sovereignty or (worst case scenario) sold out our sovereignty to American corporations.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/gallery/design/1710

my design made it :toot:

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



I quite like Frizzell's black and green flag in the paper today.


I really want to go green.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007


That's some top quality waffle you've written there.

klen dool
May 7, 2007

Okay well me being wrong in some limited situations doesn't change my overall point.

Wow. Sneaky communism. Love it.

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


Well, you've got my vote.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
If the NZ public take it seriously, then by god so will I. On paper. In front of anyone who asks. In person.

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Right thinking New Zealanders have only choice:

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Picking the Silver Fern flag would be awful. It's such a corporate logo, elevating it to a sovereign flag would be an insult. I would rather have a pair of crossed AK-47s than the silver fern. Yeah, this poo poo is all legacy building so he can pull the ponytail of the country. Given the opportunity he really would sell us out to the Americans.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Just use that pathetic LOYAL flag from when we got all pissy about Butterworth and Coutts leaving Team NZ.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
Let John key's retard daughter design it and let his retard son write the new national anthem.

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Slavvy posted:

Ah yes, I feel a swelling sense of pride saluting the celestial wang.

someone photoshop JK's crotch to the other end pls

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

fong posted:

someone photoshop JK's crotch to the other end pls

Paging emminou back to the thread.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

WarpedNaba posted:

If the NZ public take it seriously, then by god so will I. On paper. In front of anyone who asks. In person.

This. I want commutiki.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Let John key's retard daughter design it and let his retard son write the new national anthem.

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


Nition
Feb 25, 2006

You really want to know?
Presented without comment:

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Ghostlight posted:

It's pretty nice, but it's missing the gold ring.

Varkk
Apr 17, 2004

No ring, no vote.

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Varkk posted:

No ring, no vote.

NZ is so backwards that the matching number plate is still available

Nition
Feb 25, 2006

You really want to know?
Is that what "funky up your bumper" actually means?

The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008






Two meth pipes. It gets better.

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truther
Oct 22, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT THE BEARS

dusty posted:

NZ is so backwards that the matching number plate is still available


A friend of mine tried to buy this years ago, was told they couldn't :(

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