La Nouvelle-Zélande veut ENFIN se débarrasser de son drapeau colonial! Les mentalités ont vraiment évolué là-bas, parce que lorsque j'évoquais cette option il y a une quinzaine d'années, les gens n'en voyaient pas la nécessité.
Encore mieux, contrairement au Canada, la Nouvelle-Zélande va laisser LE PEUPLE choisir son nouveau drapeau!
Extrait de la nouvelle:
New Zealanders are to be given the chance to jettison the most visible remaining symbol of their colonial past in a referendum on changing the national flag.
In a speech in Wellington on Tuesday, the prime minister, John Key, promised a vote in the next parliamentary term on whether to keep the existing design, which features the union jack and four stars representing the southern cross, or replace it with an alternative, such as the silver fern on a black background or a version of the Maori koru.
Key, who personally favours the silver-fern-on-black option made famous by the All Black rugby side, said the time was ripe for “one more step in the evolution of modern New Zealand”. A change to the design of the flag, currently identical to the Australian banner apart from the number and style of stars, would show the country “acknowledging our independence”.
“It’s my belief, and I think one increasingly shared by many New Zealanders, that the design of the New Zealand flag symbolises a colonial and post-colonial era whose time has passed,” he said.