Although I respect your first point stating your dislike for our current flag. I have to disagree on the grounds of changing the flag will be a direct insult to the New Zealand for 3 main points. It is an insult to the soldiers that fought for the flag in both of the world wars. It is an insult to the New Zealanders who identify themselves with the current image of New Zealand. It is a direct insult to New Zealand as a country as to re image is to re brand which is done primarily for two reason, 1. To repair or fix a reputation e.g. Telecom to Spark regarding their bad reputation or 2. To divert attention from an issue. Therefore the only logical reason is to divert attention from an issue which should potentially have more media coverage than simply which flag do you like? As there is no overwhelming bad reputation to repair. Therefore the idea itself of changing the flag is insulting on many different levels but the actual act of holding a debate or a new flag is beyond insulting. We have had the flag as our national flag since 1902, and I personally see no reason as to change the current flag. I also believe that it is an especially negative idea considering the new flags for New Zealand, were chosen from a submitted 10,000 flags in a mere 4 months, and will now be challenging a flag that has stood for 113 years.