I'm in favour of changing the flag. We should lose the Union Jack, as we are no longer a British colony even though we recognise the British monarch Queen Elizebeth II as our head of state.

The Union Jack should be replaced with a red on white silver fern, or the New Zealand coat of arms.

We should keep the red on white Southern Cross with the blue surround.

I'm not in favour of New Zealand becoming a republic. In the future we could cut our constitutional ties with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and elect and instal our own constitutional monarch.

We should be a kingdom like the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, which have their own constitutional monarch and royal family. And we should have a written constitution.

A Authier, Mount Maunganui.