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WELLINGTON (AFP) – Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, called on neighboring Australia to change flags on Thursday, July 26, stating that she had shaken the design of the Kiwi banner and that it was confusing
. they borrowed it and if we wanted to clarify the matter, they should change their flag, "Peters told reporters.
" It must be absolutely obvious that people around the world are confused. This is not useful for countries where they have baffled our countries.
The flags of New Zealand and Australia are dark blue with the Union Jack emblem of the former British colonial power in the upper right corner. 19659002] The only major difference is that the Australian version has six white stars, five representing the Southern Cross, while New Zealand represents the constellation with four red stars
Peters, who temporarily leads the country while the first Minister Ja Cinda Ardern is on maternity leave and is strongly attached to the flag issue
which raised this issue earlier this week by complaining that "we came first with this design". He said the New Zealanders he had spoken to were concerned about topics such as the economy and health care.
"They never raised with me changing the Australian flag. It's weird even by his standards (Peters), "he told parliament
. New Zealand adopted its flag in 1902, while Australia was only officially recognized in 1954.
and both countries say that similar designs were common in the end of the 1800s.
New Zealand held a referendum on changing its flag to a silver fern design in 2016, with the proposal defeated 43% to 57.
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