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Change the NZ Flag
Named afterThe flag of New Zealand
PredecessorThe NZ Flag.com Trust
Formation2003 (2003)
FounderLloyd Morrison
Legal statusNon-profit
PurposeCampaigning for New Zealanders to change the Flag of New Zealand
Region
New Zealand
Websitewww.changetheflag.nz Edit this at Wikidata

Change the NZ Flag is a group campaigning for New Zealanders to change the Flag of New Zealand. The group describes itself as "an independent, non-political, design-neutral society that is committed to building support for, and involvement with, the flag change process."[1]

The group is affiliated with Ausflag, a trust promoting a redesign of the Flag of Australia. Originally the NZ Flag.com Trust, the group formed in 2015 to campaign in the referendums on the issue.

History

The group was originally the NZ Flag.com Trust, established in 2003 by Wellington businessman Lloyd Morrison with the goal of bringing about a referendum on the issue.

The Trust was a non-profit charitable trust and relied on donations and proceeds from the sale of merchandise to fund its operation.

Petition to change flag

In January 2005, the Trust launched a petition to bring about a citizens' initiated referendum on the issue. Had it been successful, a referendum would have been held at the 2005 general election. However, the Trust failed to attract enough signatures, and six months after its launch, the petition had been signed by 100,000 people (the signatures of 270,000 - 10 per cent of eligible voters - are required).[2] After Telecom New Zealand and New Zealand Post reneged on an offer to distribute the petition nationwide, the Trust withdrew the petition.

Lloyd Morrison attributed the failure to apathy from the general public, while supporters of New Zealand's current flag attributed the petition's failure to the popularity of that flag.[2]

Flag referendums

In 2014, Prime Minister John Key announced his intention to hold a referendum on New Zealand's flag.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Change the NZ Flag launches campaign". Change the NZ Flag. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Editorial: Fervour for the flag carries the day". New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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