I agree with Otumoetai College students who say keep the existing national flag. The time to change is when and if we become a republic within the Commonwealth.
I am, however, pleased with the makeup of the panel members selected to choose a possible new flag design. The panel reflects the multicultural diversity of the NZ population, unlike the panel selected to recommend changes to our constitution.
This was heavily biased to favour demands of one cultural group.
The final report of this panel reflected this bias.
A number of the flag designs I have seen indicate that the designers still have a bicultural rather than multicultural train of thought. Any new flag must satisfy all cultures in NZ. It will be a difficult task to design a flag to satisfy everyone.
The old adage still stands strong; ‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it'. John Key take note.

Roger Bailey, Papamoa