Parliament flagged
By PATRICIA HERBERT in Wellington A surprise was unfurled in Parliament last evening when the new member for Tasman, Mr Ken Shirley, displayed an alternative national flag of his own design. . It rejects the traditional red, white, and blue in favour of a white Southern Cross and koro, the Maori emblem that Air New Zealand sports, against a black background. Mr Shirley told the House he agreed with the Minister of Defence, Mr O’Flynn in thinking that the time had come for New Zealand to devise a new flag. “I too am bored with our ensign,” he said. “It is bland, it cannot easily be distinguished from the flag of Australia, and pride of place is given to
another nation’s flag in the top quarter. We do not belong to the United Kingdom although we are an equal partner in the Commonwealth,” he said. His flag got a mixed reception. Members of the Government and spectators in the visitors’ gallery clapped. However, Opposition members called out, “How dull.”
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Press, 26 September 1984, Page 1
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