March 07, 2016
AUT Professor Paul Moon on Paakiwaha
AUT Professor Paul Moon on Paakiwaha
New Zealand historian Professor Paul Moon has made a plea that voters reject any change, claiming that a new flag for the country would damage how we connect with our past.
"We are potentially risking setting our history adrift through any flag change," Professor Moon points out. "No matter what you think about its aesthetic value, our current flag is a link that connects us with more than a century of our nation’s experience and what it means to be a New Zealander. Replacing the flag would be an act of historical amputation and could be interpreted as unpatriotic."
Professor Moon describes the claims that there will be huge economic benefits from a new flag as "bogus and without evidence," and dismisses that a new flag will better reflect our identity
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