Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz

After months of painstaking deliberation, RR researchers have finally come up with the ultimate solution for New Zealand's flag.

It is very clear that most of you do not want a new flag. It is very clear that the guvmint is determined to give you one, nevertheless.

Therefore, we need a new flag that doesn't change.

A flag that shows the real New Zealand behind it. A flag that, in some light, reflects who we are, where we live and how we think together as a nation.

The answer is clear

Yes, I mean clear. Transparent.

We propose a completely see-through flag.

This will be the most creative and ingenious flag in the world. No one else has a transparent flag. But like our 100 per cent pure image, there's nothing to cloud it.

The benefits for the two-thirds of the nation who are quite happy with the existing flag, are huge.

You can fly the new flag beside the old flag, and from the right angle, still see the old flag. It will look like nothing has changed!

For those of you wanting a change, put the new flag in front of anything you want to see in the flag. From the ground, you'll see the clear blue New Zealand sky or even the Long White Cloud. At night you'll be able to look right through the new flag and still see the Southern Cross in it.

From another angle, on a nice day, you'll see the green hills and clear waters, and maybe even the jolly silver fern that some of you seem hell-bent on sticking on a new flag.

The beauty of the transparent flag is you become responsible and in control of what you see in your flag.

Whatever you decide to fly it in front of, will become the content.

You can have anything…rugged coastline, magnificent snowy mountains peaks, the weather girl's magnificent peaks, the rugged weatherman, sheep, kiwi, Marmite, statues of famous Nuzzilioners or even statues of a children's story's wandering dogs.

In some lights, the Transparent NZ Flag will actually reflect. We may see ourselves, our landscape.

(Currently, there are some people in positions of power who really are due to take a good, long look at themselves).

Imagine all those school children, unwrapping their school lunches and proudly stretching out the cling wrap on their fingers and proclaiming: 'Look, I made the NZ flag!”.

With the Rogers' Transparent Flag, New Zealand can convey its pride in our straight up attitude – we have nothing to hide and tell it like it is. What you see is what you get.
Only a transparent flag offers so much flexibility and what's more, I will only charge you a fraction of the 20-odd million dollars that the guvmint is currently blowing on the project.

The Transparent Flag is what you make it. Decide your own aspirations and values for our great country.

A flag represents different things for different people and it's obvious no-one is ever going to agree on a new flag design. A huge majority are happy to stick with the status quo.

The Rogers Transparent Flag solves all these issues. Is that clear?

Pat's idea...

Pat Dillon has come up with an idea, while watching the Black Caps:

'I thought the shirt colour would make a fantastic colour arrangement for a new flag…the colour of the blue on the shirts was quite bright and sort of mottled on the shoulder.

'So my idea is basically following a (notional) diagonal line bottom left to top right. It would be black in the bottom right-hand triangle and shades of blue on left-hand triangle (brightest blue on top right) with the colours merging. The fern would run as picture between the two.”

Pat reckons there would be no place for the Union Jack, looking forward.

'Why change the flag, if leaving this?” she asks.

... Dan's

Dan Maguire's suggestion harks back to our ANZAC's sacrifices.