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New Zealand begins final vote on whether to change its flag

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By NICK PERRY

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Feel the Fern!

5 ( +9 / -4 )

Once a Commonwealth Brit stiff, always a Commonwealth Brit stiff! Kiwis are stiff Brits, and they will always be. So no need to be cute as to change the flag ;-)

-7 ( +3 / -10 )

“If they don’t vote for change now, they’ll never get another chance until we become a republic,” he said, adding that he could not see that happening within his lifetime because of the popularity of the young British royals."

How a country could possibly oppose the idea of a head of state being an unelected foreigner who doesn't live in the country is beyond me.

10 ( +12 / -2 )

Is this new flag part of some kind of joke from its neighbours? Its the Samoan and Aussie flags with a fern in the corner.

Put a slhouette of Josh Kronfeld in his scrum cap on a flag. That'll be enough to scare the sh*t out of any intruders..

2 ( +3 / -1 )

the current flag looks WAY TOO similar to the Australian one so I hope they do change it.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

New Zealand is a country?

Not if Trump gets in!

0 ( +0 / -0 )

The new flags looks ugly - surely they could have designed something better

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As a New Zealander, I don't want the Union Jack on my flag. Particularly as a Catholic, I don't like a Protestant Foreigner being our head of state.

That said, the new option doesn't do it for me either. Not sure which way I will vote.

-3 ( +4 / -7 )

The best of British Luck to them----they are still Colonials!

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@Akula

Religious sectarianism shouldn't play a part in this.

5 ( +6 / -1 )

@Jimizo It is one of the reasons why I want a republic. Whilst I would never be disrespectful to someone who is the head of state of a nation that is mostly friendly to ours, I don't see why a foreigner should be our head of state.

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