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Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, yesterday called on neighboring Australia to change its flag, stating that he had pinched the Kiwi banner design and that he was confusing
"We borrowed it and if we wanted In fact, they should change their flag," Peters told reporters in Wellington
"It must be clearly evident that all over the world people are confused.I have been to places like Turkey and elsewhere where they confused our countries on the basis of these flags.
The New Zealand and Australian flags are both dark blue with the emblem of the former British colonial power Union Jack in the upper left corner
The only major difference is that the Australian version has six white stars., five representing the Southern Cross, while the New Zealand represents the constellation with four red stars
Peters, who temporarily leads the country while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is on maternity leave, is strongly convinced of the question of the flag
. 73 years ago also raised earlier this week, complaining "we came first with this design."
Opposition leader Simon Bridges ridiculed the concern of the Peters flag, accusing him of populism and labeling him "poor Donald Trump". Bridges said the New Zealanders he had spoken to were concerned about topics such as the economy and health care.
"They never talked to me about changing the Australian flag.He told parliament
that New Zealand adopted its flag in 1902, while Australia did not It was officially recognized that in 1954. However, the Australian version has been used informally since 1901 and the two countries Similar designs were common in the late 1800s.
New Zealand held a referendum on the change of its flag to a design of silver ferns in 2016, with the proposal rejected 43 to 57.
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