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%
responses 2009 ('05) |
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y4 |
y8 |
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| 1. What does this flag tell us about New Zealand? | ||||||||||||||||
| Union
Jack: |
shows connection to UK | 13 (15) | 42 (56) | |||||||||||||
| Southern Cross shows New Zealand’s position in Southern Hemisphere: | ||||||||||||||||
| mentioned
Southern Cross and Southern Hemisphere |
11 (9) | 24 (33) | ||||||||||||||
| mentioned
Southern Cross only |
1 (0) | 6 (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Colours: |
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| mentioned
connection to Pacific Ocean |
1 (2) | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| mentioned connection to UK | 1 (0) | 5 (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Show
student picture. [see page 54 for resource information] Here is a picture of some New Zealanders who want to change our flag. They are holding different flag designs. |
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| 2. What could be some good reasons for wanting to change our flag – making it different? | ||||||||||||||||
| flag
doesn’t reflect New Zealand/ New Zealand culture |
13 (10) | 27 (30) | ||||||||||||||
| similar
to other flags (e.g. Australia); causes confusion overseas |
15 (24) | 37 (49) | ||||||||||||||
| boring,
old, need to change for change’s sake |
26 (30) | 17 (32) | ||||||||||||||
| doesn’t
need to show connection to UK any longer |
2 (3) | 13 (17) | ||||||||||||||
| doesn’t
reflect the bicultural (Mäori) nature of New Zealand’s society/history
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2 (2) | 8 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| doesn’t
reflect the multicultural nature of New Zealand’s society/history
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1 (2) | 1 (1) | ||||||||||||||
| doesn’t capture the importance of/ association with sports in New Zealand | 19 (19) | 22 (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. What could be some good reasons for not changing our flag – keeping it the same? | ||||||||||||||||
| tradition/has
been like that for long time/ historic reasons (e.g. famous people have carried it - Sir Edmund Hillary, Olympians) |
20 (20) | 49 (48) | ||||||||||||||
| good
representation of New Zealand |
6 (5) | 8 (14) | ||||||||||||||
| soldiers
in wars fought under this flag |
0 (0) | 2 (6) | ||||||||||||||
| I/people
like it; it’s attractive/good |
17 (20) | 9 (11) | ||||||||||||||
| would
cause confusion if it changed |
12 (13) | 19 (15) | ||||||||||||||
| cost/effort | 5 (4) | 6 (4) | ||||||||||||||
Total
score: |
Total
Score: 7–15 |
0 (0) | 4 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 5–6 | 2 (2) | 15 (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 3–4 | 21 (24) | 40 (45) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 27 (28) | 21 (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 29 (31) | 14 (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 21 (15) | 6
(3) |
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| Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] : |
Year 4  |
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| Commentary: |
About
half of year 8 students understood that the New Zealand flag shows
a connection with the UK (although this declined from 56% in 2005 to
42% in 2009), and about a quarter understood the stars to represent
New Zealand’s position in the southern hemisphere (again, a decline
from 33% in 2005 to 24% in 2009). Reasons for making a change to the
New Zealand flag most commonly related to its similarity to other flags,
needing a change and it no longer representing New Zealand or New Zealand
culture. Interestingly, at year 8 there is a general decline in the
proportion of students who give these reasons, but an increase in the
proportion who believe the flag doesn’t represent the importance
of sport in New Zealand. About half of year 8 and 20% of year 4 students
identified tradition as being a reason for not changing the flag – a
similar pattern to 2005. |