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That is a pretty awesome flag. When NZ had its flag referendum I was really in favour of a black flag, but apparently it could've looked too similar to ISIS. T
by EdwardDiego 4y ago
That is a pretty awesome flag. When NZ had its flag referendum I was really in favour of a black flag, but apparently it could've looked too similar to ISIS.
That was in reference to the "silver fern frond on black" that a lot of our sports teams use, but my personal favourite was the Black Jack: https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg
I loved how the Union Jack now included Māori motifs, and the Southern Cross was on the angle it's usually seen at.
(Although I found the white stars jarring, as it looks like the Australian Southern Cross, although their's is more astronomically correct, as it has Epsilon Crucis also)
- AdamN 4y agoWhat's the history of black being a national color for NZ?
- sampo 4y agoAccording to Wikipedia, their national rugby team wore black clothes in around 1905 and the team nickname "All Blacks" got popular. Then according to this article, the popularity of the rugby team then has made the color a popular national symbol in general. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-colour-is-black/GTDQLUA6VDRAIKZFKAU5T2KGLQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-c... > The New Zealand Native Rugby Team first wore the silver fern on black, which then became our national colour.
- EdwardDiego 4y agoSports, basically.