Jason Paul Troup Design

One of the few flag designs that includes yellow. The designer claims it is in fact gold, which represents New Zealand's cultural wealth. He also includes a blue sky, white cloud and koru, and green earth.

To me the flag is uninspiring. I can't see myself waving this at a sports stadium. I suppose I think it just isn't expressive enough for some reason.

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Peter Haythornthwaite Design I

It has fresh colours and is culturally neutral. The 'O' is supposed to symbolise unity. Personally I don't see it.

Although the design works in a small size it doesn't feel very flag-ish. It doesn't feel empowering and I don't see myself waving this at the sports stadium.

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Dick Frizzell Design I

I like this design. The abstract interpretation of the silver fern works quite well. It almost looks like you are lying on the ground looking up at the southern cross from beneath a silver fern. That's quite New Zealand.

Silver fern designs tend to get a bit fuzzy when shrunk to a small size, but this design manages to overcome that to a good extent. I'm not sure how identifiable it will be on a windless day though.

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Friedrich Hundertwasser Design

This flag has an odd aspect ratio. The first time I saw it I didn't much care for it, but it's one of those flags that can grow on me I think. It looks fresh and will stand out even on a windless day outside the UN. It also works well in a small size.

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Mike Lloyd Design

I think the green in this design is too African. It looks particularly African in the small thumbnail size.

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North & South Islands

Extremely simple design which is culturally neutral. No Maori or British imagery. The North and South Islands surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The Southern Cross establishes location. The green and white for freshness (in environment and thinking) and peace.

This flag is recognisable even in minute thumbnail size. The colours are unique enough to be recognisable even when furled.

Fresh Green with Fern

Some New Zealanders don't like Maori imagery. Since it's impossible to represent all the ethnic groups of NZ in a flag, this flag doesn't have any red or blue (traditionally associated with Europe) nor any Koru or other Maori-esque imagery. It does however use the black and white colours which many New Zealanders have adopted for themselves. The green symbolises fresh-ness in environment and thinking. The silver fern used in this flag is more vertical than that used in sporting team logos and it is old fashioned so that it looks more like a fern than a feather. The Union Jack is also represented in this flag in white in recognition of the ties with Britain that NZ continues to have.

In minute thumbnail size it seems to look like a smear of some sort (a squashed insect?). But the colours are unique enough to be recognizable even when the flag is furled.