New Zealand Flag Change?
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The image of the silver fern is widely representative of New Zealand and New Zealanders. It is an image to which all New Zealanders relate and is a powerful and emotional symbol of inspiration at times when it matters.
The symbol comes from the leaf of the New Zealand fern - Cyathea Dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name). The leaves are dark green on the upper side and silver underneath. The underside glows brightly in moonlight providing excellent track markers in New Zealand's native forests. It was often used by Maori as bedding for sleeping on due to the thin texture of the 'hairs'...
http://www.nzflag.com/silverfern.cfm
So basically it's like we would replace our flag with something like this:
The symbol comes from the leaf of the New Zealand fern - Cyathea Dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name). The leaves are dark green on the upper side and silver underneath. The underside glows brightly in moonlight providing excellent track markers in New Zealand's native forests. It was often used by Maori as bedding for sleeping on due to the thin texture of the 'hairs'...
http://www.nzflag.com/silverfern.cfm
So basically it's like we would replace our flag with something like this:
The image of the silver fern is widely representative of New Zealand and New Zealanders. It is an image to which all New Zealanders relate and is a powerful and emotional symbol of inspiration at times when it matters.
The symbol comes from the leaf of the New Zealand fern - Cyathea Dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name). The leaves are dark green on the upper side and silver underneath. The underside glows brightly in moonlight providing excellent track markers in New Zealand's native forests. It was often used by Maori as bedding for sleeping on due to the thin texture of the 'hairs'...
http://www.nzflag.com/silverfern.cfm
So basically it's like we would replace our flag with something like this:
The symbol comes from the leaf of the New Zealand fern - Cyathea Dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name). The leaves are dark green on the upper side and silver underneath. The underside glows brightly in moonlight providing excellent track markers in New Zealand's native forests. It was often used by Maori as bedding for sleeping on due to the thin texture of the 'hairs'...
http://www.nzflag.com/silverfern.cfm
So basically it's like we would replace our flag with something like this:
Okay okay. So us (the NZ residents) have just been told that we're always getting confused with the Australian flag. That's one of the major reasons. Somehow I think it's a bit more than that... something about getting rid of the union jack. Meh... Haven't you guys ever seen the All Blacks rugby team? Best in the world... oh that's right your countries don't play that aye... well anyways they have a fern as their logo. Since rugby is pretty much New Zealand's god they deem it fit that the silver fern should be on our flag. All our sports teams are either directly or loosely related to the fern symbol and the black in the corner is just the colour we're always recognized by.
