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<p><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.15px;">1,200,003 (56.</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.15px;">6 per cent) voted to keep the current flag.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.15px;">915,008 wanted the alternate design.</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.15px;"> That equates to 43.</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.15px;">2 per cent of voters.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.15px;">About what I thought it would be...:(</span></p> -
<p><span><span>"1,200,003 (56.</span><span>6 per cent) voted to keep the current flag."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"<span><span>915,008 wanted the alternate design.</span><span> That equates to 43.</span><span>2 per cent of voters." </span></span></span></span></p> -
55 vs 45 is what I expected and pretty much what we got. <br><br>
Embarrassing and sad day for a Kiwi overseas like myself. <br><br>
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<p>TV News said NZers have spoken loud and clear...56-44 isnt really that clear, not a huge given we've been hearing polls of 60-70%</p>
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<p>I really need to stop reading the comments on FB...some people just make me so freaking angry!! </p>
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<p>I really need to stop reading the comments on FB...some people just make me so freaking angry!! </p>
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<p>Applies to almost any topic on Facebook!</p> -
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I really need to stop reading the comments on FB...some people just make me so freaking angry!!</p></blockquote>
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<p>Oh I have plenty to say, I just dont have the time, and some of them I really dont want to be as diplomatic as I usually am on FB....maybe you should join just to see where the morons hang out! </p>
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<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">TV News said NZers have spoken loud and clear...56-44 isnt really that clear, not a huge given we've been hearing polls of 60-70%</span></blockquote>
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<p>Depends how many votes weren't considered because people did things like draw dicks all over the voting paper (I didn't draw dicks all over the voting paper).</p> -
<p>The appetite for change is definitely there - unfortunately some were voting against JK whereas others were voting against the alternate design. Will be interesting to see the political environment when we next vote on a change and whether people can look past the personalties... </p>
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<p>Depends how many votes weren't considered because people did things like draw dicks all over the voting paper (I didn't draw dicks all over the voting paper).</p>
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<p>The appetite for change is definitely there - unfortunately some were voting against JK whereas<strong> others were voting against the alternate design.</strong> Will be interesting to see the political environment when we next vote on a change and whether people can look past the personalties... </p>
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<p>sadly there will always be those...you will never please everyone, so not sure how they could change the process for change any better, if any other design I saw had made it, I am not sure how I'd of voted if I didnt like it.</p>
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<p>I cant see another happening inside the next 20 years unless we cut the apron strings from MOther England.</p>
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<p>A post on FB from a Welsh former Ferner made me laugh:</p>
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<p>Boo. I'm pretty disappointed. The more I saw the Lockwood flag flying, the more I wanted it to be official. And the union jack just irritates me now, when it didn't so much before.</p>
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<p>Leftards will take the win, but nowhere near as clear cut as they thought.</p>
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<p>I think this whole campaign has proven though, that the universal vote isn't necessarily a good thing. Fuck there are some giant wankpuffins in this country.</p> -
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<p>I cant see another happening inside the next 20 years unless we cut the apron strings from MOther England.</p>
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<p>I don't know about that, the genie is kind of out of the bottle now. Like Mokey mentioned something that many of us were pretty 'meh' about (the Union Jack) feels far more in your face wrong than it used to.</p> -
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<p>Fuck there are some giant wankpuffins in this country.</p>
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<p>OMG, wankpuffins, that is awesome! </p>
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<p>Hoofwankingbunglecunts and wankpuffins, love TSF!! </p> -
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I cant see another happening inside the next 20 years unless we cut the apron strings from MOther England.</span></p>
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<p>We brought back knighthoods so I'm surprised you lot are all stumped that we kept a union jack flag.</p> -
<p>I'm not surprised the vote went that way, just disappointed, plus I voted to change our flag, not severe ties with the UK</p>
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<p>Boo. I'm pretty disappointed. The more I saw the Lockwood flag flying, the more I wanted it to be official. And the union jack just irritates me now, when it didn't so much before.</p>
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<p><strong>Leftards will take the win</strong>, but nowhere near as clear cut as they thought.</p>
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<p>I think this whole campaign has proven though, that the universal vote isn't necessarily a good thing. Fuck there are some giant wankpuffins in this country.</p>
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<p>Lefttards like the RSA? As I noted in my earlier post, I know as many rightie tighties who voted for the colonial oppressors'
flag as lefttards did. </p>
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<p>All of them suck. </p>
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<p>I have an AB flag and a strip of black tape (to cover the AB) which will be the flag I fly at sporting events and Waitangi Day.</p>
