Mayas letter to John key

Maya

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Maya and I am in year 4 at Stonefields School.

firstly

why do they have to change  the flag just because australia thinks so. I think that the flag that they have doesn't suit them they should make it orange with yellow kangaroo on it or something so we can keep our flag.

secondly

why do they have to change  the flag just because australia thinks so. I think that the flag that they have doesn't suit them they should make it orange with yellow kangaroo on it or something so we can keep our flag.

finally

I think that it is not fair that australia is making us change our flag just because they got their flag before we got our flag and I think that there flag does not really look like it represents their country.How does there flag represent there culture I think that they should have a kangaroo on there flag because they are the only country in the world that has a kangaroo.

Yours Sincerely

Maya

Curie's Letter to John Key

Curie .C

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Curie, I am a year 6 girl at Stonefields School in Auckland. I live with my family and we are from South Korea, But we live in St John’s in Auckland. This term my class have been focusing on New Zealand changing our flag and we decided to send this letter to you so you can understand how each of us feels about changing the flag.

In my opinion I think that we should change the New Zealand flag because in my opinion I believe that we are not part of the British Government anymore and the flag does not represent us. Also in my point of view I can see that the new flag can show the world that we are New Zealand more clearly because the black can represent the All Blacks, Black Caps and other New Zealand black sports team. The Silver Fern can represent all the places around New Zealand. Also I like how we added a symbol of black and the Silver Fern to show that we are New Zealand just like South Korea has a symbol that appears around South Korea and it also appears on the flag.

I wonder if most people want other ideas for the new flag like me. I know that lots of people have been voting and some have been voting for the old flag while others are voting for the new flag.If I was able to vote then I would vote for the new flag.

Yours Sincerely

Curie.C

Pativai's Letter to John Key

(Pativai)

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Pativai I am an year 6 and I go to Stonefields School.

I strongly believe we should change the flag because of the three reasons I am going to be explaining.

Firstly, I think we should change the flag because it is an original flag of new zealand and no other flag has other colours of designs like us. We should change our flag because of the fern in our flag there is no other flag that has an fern on it. We need an new flag because of our old flag it was simple and when we have our new flag we have a bright colourful New Zealand flag.

Secondly, I think we should change the flag because of all the culture from new zealand has been put into this flag. I think we should change the flag because of the fern and the colours in the flag for example blue is representing the south pacific. I think the flag should be changed because of it mostly representing new zealand, for an example the fern represents the sport in new zealand.

Thirdly, I think we should change the flag because it would be really nice to have an sports sign on our flag now it can represent the fitness and the gold silver and bronze that the spots team has been winning. The flag can represent our old flag too because the blue can maybe in some way represent.

I really think that we should change the flag because of the three reasons that I explained to you.

Yours Sincerely

Pativai

Carmen's Letter to John Key the Prime Minister

When I heard the name John Key I started to panic "what should I write?" but I got there in the end. 
Hope you enjoy reading my letter   :-)

Carmen .A.

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Carmen ,I’m a year six girl at Stonefields School. I live with my family in

St John's in Auckland.

I strongly believe that the New Zealand flag should stay the same for the following 3 reasons.

Firstly, the New Zealand flag has lots of memories of the Anzac War like how people died to protect New Zealand under the flag, so we could have a better world without war and disturbance to New Zealand. Also my sister is a brownie/girl guide and it means so much to keep the original flag as it is.

Secondly, the current flag suits New Zealand perfectly, the blue comes from the sea/ocean.

The Union Jack image represents how we used to be a part of the British empire. The southern cross represents the stars at night that watch over us and guide us south.

Finally I know the flag referendum would cost over $26 million. I know it’s not much for you, but think about the homeless they don't have as much money, and cancer, think about that. They need money, don’t get me started on a rest home oh boy they need money and hospitals, doctors, schools, kindergarten lots of other places that I probably don’t know about yet.

That's why I think we should keep the original flag as it is. 

Yours Sincerely Carmen A