The NZ flags

Introduction:

Imagine 5 different flags flapping in the wind. A variety of colours and designs. Red, white, royal blue, stripes, crosses, stars. flags for NZ have been designed and changed 5 times in only 185 years, and now it looks like we are going to get a 6th! do you want to change the flag ?What did our first flag look like? Why did we change our first flag? why doesn't the world know what our flag looks like? d These are some of the burning questions that should be  on our minds and I would like to help you find the answers.

The history

Flags for NZ go back to 1830, when NZ was still as green as broccoli. When a ship got stolen yes stolen by Australia!! We had no flag on the ship and therefore we could not  identify the ship as ours! James Busby took up the challenge of creating a flag for NZ. He thought creating a united flag would make the Far North Maori chiefs work together. It worked and in 1834 the United Tribes flag was chosen. It consisted of four white stars on a blue background with the St George’s cross.

6 even years later in 1840  will hobson introduced a flag called the union jack to represent the signing of the treaty of waitangi .this flag showed the cross of saint patrick as well as the cross of saint andrew.To the maori it was a symbol of british power over maori. see the problem already. just like when my sister and i disagree . but wait theres more, it gets better and more expensive  this is not the time that we had two flags at once that is still coming.

The signaling flag showed red stars of the southern cross inclosed in a white disc. it was officially a flag only to use at sea but people began to use it in public buildings and advertising even though the union jack was still the legal flag for nz  . the time is here the time that we had two flags at once.

the sir richard seddon proposed  to change the flag to the one we are all familiar with but is the whole world?????

The answer is no! we identify more with the silver fern than our flag so changing the flag to a silver fern on a black background could be a bonus   

people want to change the flag  because they argue that too many people wonder if it is the australian flag  

 but the flag it is not broken there is nothing wrong with it all we are doing is wasting taxpayers money and wasting time.

in debates people have said that the flag we have now does not represent nz well enough so they want to change the flag

the union jack in our flag stands for our strong past and ties us to the united kingdom and residents do not want to change that

changing the flag will cost us $25.7 million dollars imagine all of that money going to the poor or education or roads or hospitals. Surely that is a more sensible and fair way to spend taxpayers hard earned money

so to answer our questions What did our first flag look like? It consisted of four white stars on a blue background with the St George’s cross. Why did we change our first flag? to represent the signing of the treaty of waitangi why doesn't the world know what our flag looks like? because we identify more with the silver fern than our flag. I leave you with one question do you still want to change the flag? thank you