John Key has said he wants to change the Flag because it does not represent diverse New Zealand. This means he dislikes the Flag because it is of special importance to White and Maori New Zealanders.
Please sign this petition to save our Flag
http://www.change.org/p/john-key-no-referendum-on-the-flag
A referendum would cost around $9 million of tax payer money and consume huge amounts of governments time better spent on more important matters a referendum as we know is not binding meaning when it comes down to it government will do as they please anyway
And with this money spent we are all ignoring the fact that if the flag is to be changed. AT WHAT COST? TENS OF MILLIONS! this is the reality
If we change the flag, every official flag in the country that is on a council or parliamentary building must be changed. So must every single patch on our defence personnel uniform - name tags, identifiers and the like. Every single flag in every office that officials use must also be changed. Who pays? The taxpayer will, of course.
We as a nation cannot justify this unreasonable waste of money for something so pointless as throwing away our national history and pride
This little flag is the flag that our ancestors fought under. This is the flag so widely recognised by those we help. If you’ve ever walked in Timor Leste and heard kids yelling “Hey Kiwi! Kiwi!” and following you, you’d understand what I mean.