• Sea and land strike the right balance between utility and abstraction; the blue and green colours evoke nature and suggest water and leaf, ferns and forests
• The degree of detail in the shoreline can be varied according to application; also, the lakes could be omitted in some variants
• Colours the pale blue is simply the sea; the land is represented by green. Green is the colour of the international environmental movement, especially in the West, and not confined to Greenpeace & Green political parties. Green is a colour favoured by some Middle Eastern countries and on their flags
• On the flag variant, the islands are separated as far as possible from the flagpole; thus, when looking up to the flag flying in the wind, the blue background tends to merge with the real sky: the islands appear to float against the sky
• The proposed design would be distinguished from the current and future flags of any and all other nations: securely, obviously and permanently
• Likely to be recognisable immediately and internationally. No explanation is needed
• Tourism – encouraged in a subtle way; the design suggests and reminds that New Zealand is an oasis of green in the blue ocean. The emerald island format evokes an image of a greenstone jewel set in the vast south pacific and hints that the island is one of the most beautiful countries on earth
• Acceptability? It’s hard to deny or under estimate the significance of NZ’s island status. A design based purely on geography will side-step any disagreement over linkage – or lack of linkage – to sport, culture, history or politics. Whatever merits it has, won’t wax or wane with time. It’s more than a compromise design. Is it perhaps the only concept that a majority of Kiwis could recognise and agree on?
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