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Let's have the silver fern, PM says

Prime Minister John Key's on-camera silver fern flag doodle has won support from two prominent supporters of a redesign.

<i>Cartoon:</i> More prevalent than the silver fern

Flag debate: Maple leaf embraced as sign of maturity

Flag debate: Long and bitter fight for new flag

Alternative NZ flag designs - Gallery 2

Alternative NZ flag designs - Gallery 2

<i>John Roughan</i>: New design would have to win everyone over

There are just two ways, I think, to change a flag. One requires a constitutional catastrophe. Another way is simply to design a better one.

<i>Tapu Misa</i>: To a young, proud Pacific nation, the old flag means Jack

<i>Garth George</i>: We missed our chance to change it and now must wait

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: We need flag that stirs the blood

I've a confession to make: I have bought a flagpole - but I don't want to fly the NZ flag: too boring; uninspiring; redolent of colonialism.

Flag debate: Olympic great says it's time for change

Time for a change. That's the verdict of New Zealand's greatest athlete, Sir Peter Snell, on the country's flag.

<i>Noelle McCarthy</i>: Canada sets fine example in style, simplicity, effect

<i>Tracey Barnett</i>: World given so few clues it's a wonder they ever find us

<i>Flag debate:</i> Herald columnists give their views

The Herald's columnists have joined the debate over whether NZ should change its flag.