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steve2470

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8. that's my choice too

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:37 PM

Sep 2015

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I have a NZ friend, I'll ask her too!

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personally I am torn between our current flag and the Silver fern & southern cross with the black and blue background.

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Upper right, please KamaAina Sep 2015 #1

that's my choice too steve2470 Sep 2015 #8

Lower left by a mile. SwissTony Sep 2015 #2

Agree sarge43 Sep 2015 #4

The silver fern on black has been the symbol for the rugby team since 1894 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #15

Did some net surfing sarge43 Sep 2015 #31

I prefer lower left. David__77 Sep 2015 #3

John Oliver had a go at them Xipe Totec Sep 2015 #5

Why aren't they keeping the current flag? left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #6

Because it is too close to the Aussie flag sdfernando Sep 2015 #11

Top left corner. I wish Oz would do the same. n/t SwissTony Sep 2015 #12

A few reasons, but mostly because it's nearly identical to Australia's Xithras Sep 2015 #17

Thanks for the explanation Xithras! Johnyawl Sep 2015 #22

I work with a Kiwi. I just learned about this five minutes ago myself. Xithras Sep 2015 #29

I like the unfurling fern the best, enlightenment Sep 2015 #41

Yep -- go with the koru HardLineDem Sep 2015 #46

Our glorius leader fingrin Sep 2015 #56

Oh...I LOVE the lower right. Such simplicity! PassingFair Sep 2015 #7

Yeah, Lower Right Rules (nt) Herman4747 Sep 2015 #33

Me too! n/t Delphinus Sep 2015 #39

What ever happened to Old Zealand? underpants Sep 2015 #9

Still around. SwissTony Sep 2015 #14

Oh underpants Sep 2015 #16

The Dutch and the French did a lot of sailing around Australia and New Zealand SwissTony Sep 2015 #24

Tehcnically, Zeeland is in the Netherlands, not Holland. Xithras Sep 2015 #27

Technically, you are correct. SwissTony Sep 2015 #28

Ah! Xithras Sep 2015 #32

There are parts of every city that you shouldn't visit at the wrong time of day SwissTony Sep 2015 #35

Het Park? Xithras Sep 2015 #36

Het park?????? SwissTony Sep 2015 #37

Across the street from it. Xithras Sep 2015 #44

A colleague and I used to go a restaurant called De Papegaai (The parakiet) SwissTony Sep 2015 #45

KIWI WITH LASERS FOR EYES! (no joke) steve2470 Sep 2015 #10

That was my favorite Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #19

I can understand NZ wanting to get the Union Jack off their flag... Johnyawl Sep 2015 #13

I'm an Aussie, not a Kiwi. But I would have preferred SwissTony Sep 2015 #18

I like the idea of keeping the Southern Cross... Johnyawl Sep 2015 #21

I suppose they could have kept the Southern Cross, but maybe SwissTony Sep 2015 #26

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Top right = NBA logo. Other 3 are a garden flag that goes between the birdbath and the wind chimes. Throd Sep 2015 #20

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Awful close... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #47

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Sorry, here you go awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #49

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Isn't the flag on the upper left the flag of the All Blacks? iandhr Sep 2015 #30

Not really. SwissTony Sep 2015 #43

koru for the win. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #34

Been to NZ a humber of times . . FairWinds Sep 2015 #38

If I had a choice, it would be upper right, but prefer the current flag. George II Sep 2015 #40

Upper left because it would look like an unfurling fern waving in the wind lunatica Sep 2015 #42

Wow. Those a terrible. Those look like airline logos. nt Adrahil Sep 2015 #51

Get new choices. hrmjustin Sep 2015 #52

All are ugly HassleCat Sep 2015 #53

I like the bottom right's nod to Ta-Moko Warpy Sep 2015 #54

upper left.... chillfactor Sep 2015 #55

Upper right daleo Sep 2015 #57

The mostly black flag with the white romanic Sep 2015 #58

I met my wife in NZ rickford66 Sep 2015 #59