NZ

Auckland

Today we did the Auckland free walking tours with Olivia and heard a lot of interesting facts about NZ and Auckland.

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Did you know … fact 1 …?

New Zealand government wants to offer their citizens the opportunity to change the design of New Zealand flag. As part of the Flag Consideration Project, the government has shortlisted 4 designs for alternative NZ flags (out of 10,292 designs submitted). [The four were actually the two on the right – from the same person submitted –  and the two on the left of the poster, the one in the middle on the top was pushed by the public and had to be added later ]. The referendum will have 2 stages. Kiwis will be, first, able to participate in a postal referendum between 20 November and 11 December 2015 to choose the best alternative flag. 

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Then, in Mach 2016, the citizens of New Zealand will choose between the current flag and the flag that won the first public consultation.

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So after all that and about  26 Mill NZD in spending, NZ kept its old flag!!!!!!!!!! which looks so much like the Australian flag.

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