Here's Your Chance To Vote For New Zealand's New Flag
BuzzFeed - Latest 2015-09-01
Summary:
We’re just flagging this with you.
ICYMI, New Zealand has decided that its current flag (below) just doesn't cut it.
Option 1: Silver fern with the lot.
The silver fern: A New Zealand icon for over 160 years, worn proudly by many generations. The fern is an element of indigenous flora representing the growth of our nation. The multiple points of the fern leaf represent Aotearoa's peaceful multicultural society, a single fern spreading upwards represents that we are all one people growing onward into the future. The bright blue represents our clear atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean, over which all New Zealanders, or their ancestors, crossed to get here. The Southern Cross represents our geographic location in the antipodes. It has been used as a navigational aid for centuries and it helped guide early settlers to our islands.