Flag
Change...
'Cheet' 'Cheet'
Hey!! everybody!
Tyler here for another blog post and by the
way... That was the cheerful greeting sound of
the Fantail, Their call mainly consist of high-pitched, repeated 'Cheets'
which varies in different parts of the song.
'Kuu' 'Kuu'
That was the soft 'kuu' of the New Zealand
wood pigeon
or kereru.
'Tsit-Tsit' 'Tsit-Tsit'
The call of the rifleman or tiipounamu is a
rapid 'Tsit-Tsit' Often heard between pairs as
they feed together.
The Rifleman is the smallest bird in New Zealand and is a member in the wren family. Their name comes from the color of the 19th century New Zealand rifleman military.
The Rifleman is almost tail-less and possesses short, rounded wings. For its small size it has relitivly large feet. Meaning
that it is flightless or nearly flightless as it feed quickly among the trees.....
Yeah yeah alright... no more nonsense
Okay so lets get to the pint. One of the current events
happening in New Zealand right now is the whole deal
of changing the flag design. They have rounded all the
possible designs of over 10 000 flags into a top 40. From
there the public has to narrow it down to 4 and then the
winning design!
So for this weeks blog post we have to choose our own top
4 flags and then our favorite out of those 4 flags.
So DRUM ROLL PLEASE!.....
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| This design refers to the 'long white cloud' and has the Southern cross in the blue sky. The color palette is quite simple and symbolizes the deep connection between the land and the sea. |
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| This design represents peace and tranquillity, and uses the same colors as the union jack (Which is about as close as you can get to to the union jack) The design holds a wave and the southern cross. |
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| This design I also quite like, it has a silver fern (another kiwi icon) and hasThe same color palette as the union jack. The white is supposed to represent the 'long white cloud'
Now the moment you've all been waiting for... My all time favorite is...
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To be honest other people don't seem to enthusiastic about
changing our flag, but I think it's a good idea... anyway
here are some pros and cons about the whole changing the
flag business...
Firstly... People have grown up with this flag, born with the flag looking exactly how it is now, and dying exactly how it was their whole life. People now know it has been the same generations upon generations, and have grown up with it their whole life looking exactly the same. I feel like some people will find it quite hard to move on. For us (young people) it will be maybe a bit easier to move on from, because were still quite experienced with changes and learning new stuff so moving on can be easy. But older people might not and (because they have the right to vote) they have a dead advantage over us...
We all know world war 1 and 2, right? well the flag has
been exactly the same the whole time and hasn't done
any harm to us right? Well just imagine what it would feel
like if we changed it... we would be doing great shame
upon our relatives who gave up their lives under that flag.
and It's not only that... sorting events and Olympics
have been playing underneath the New Zealand for
for a long time... Besides we'll all different, that flag could
have some sort of personal value to some people.
Causing them not to vote on a new one.
Well I think it's really cool that New Zealand is finally showing its true identity through changing the flag. The first reason is well obviously Australia's flag looks exactly like ours. The southern cross in their flag actually serves a purpose. The largest star in their flag has seven points which represents the seven states of Australia. Our flag only represents the Crown and not Maori, In fact any kiwiana of any sort.
The southern cross (you may think as kiwiana) but to be honest, the southern cross was rejected as a symbol of the current flag. Because it wasn't related to New Zealand, but then after failed attempts of coming up with a new idea they had no choice but to stick it on there for no good reason. (I mean come on, it shouldn't be that hard... just look at all the ideas they came up with in the present day)
Going back to the looking the same as Australia bit people
outside the UK actually struggle to find the difference
between the flags, (really?) If you think about it our flag sort
of advertisement for Australia! Also the flag dose dwell a bit
in the past.... (just saying) I mean come on we have sort of
moved on from having the union jack in our flag, that's just
a thing in the past from when England took over us and
other countries. Becides, they have all changed flag by now
except Australia and us.
(don't you think it's time for a change...)
Yeah well that's just my opinion anyway... don't be offended
by mine or anyone else's (have an open mind...)
Oh before I go! You probably know about other people
having book reviews and stuff at the end of their blogs...
well you can probably guess what i'm going to do...
This weeks bird is... Bellbird!
Bellbirds are green and with a short, curved bill, and a slight forked tail. Males tend to be Olive green and slightly paler on the belly and other underparts, the head is tinged purple and the wings and tail are blackish. Females on the other hand are browner with a narrow white-yellow stripe running from the cheek to the bill.
Bellbirds are endemic (meaning that they are native to a certain place) They live in Native, exotic forests, parks and gardens. Where they can harvest some of their favorite foods: nectar, fruit and insects.
A wide variety of loud, clear notes can be produced by these birds. Clicks can sometimes be heard and also sounds of a bell-like quality.
Okay, well thanks guys for reading this weeks post
that's all for me please comment below.
(feel free to tell me in the comments what you think
about this new bird thing...)
Goodbye
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