New Zealand's Prime Minister favors changing the flag

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I wish Ontario would open up a flag debate as well.

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What an awful design. Black, seriously?  

For what reason is black an inherently bad color for the field of a flag?

What an awful design. Black, seriously? 
As Vosem said, the current flag is a perfectly accurate representation of New Zealand's western heritage, culture and founding.

Yeah, and Canada should totally get rid of that stupid leaf and go back to this:

In fairness, the Red Ensign aside, I rather like Pearson's originally intended design, possibly more than the actual current Canadian flag.

Eww, no. One of the reasons why "Pearson's pennant" lost out is because of how ugly it is. It was used as a decoy to get the Tories to "compromise" on the current flag.

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All the former Dominions have a real lasting link with "the Mother Country"; there's no need or call for getting rid of this beyond the usual childish "anti-imperialist" elements. Even Key doesn't really want this. 110 years of history don't need to go on the pyre just because ADD leftie kids have distracted themselves from last month's fad of wanting to name everything after Nelson Mandela to this "anti-colonialist" crap.

As for the poster who asked "I think if you asked MOST NZ'ders which symbol they relate to, the Union Jack or the Fern?" - if you actually take a look at the NZ flag, it isn't simply a Union Jack.

So, do you think Canada should go back to the red ensign then?