Last month we set a starry banner image for Matariki. It would be good to have some suggestions for new banner images.
So please post some suggestions, if we can get a few different ones to line up for the next few months (changing each month) that would be great. Original content encouraged but not required!
Upvote the ones you like and we'll try to prioritise them. We will start with a new image from next month (September).
Just so we know what we're talking about, this is the current banner image. You see it when you go to the community page (though it can look different depending on app or how you're accessing it):
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Edit: Also please include a credit or source if applicable, which we can put in the side bar.
I agree, I really don't like those designs.
I think the main problem was the obvious alternative was the silver fern (on a black flag). But that was ruled out because the All Blacks wanted to keep making money off it. If someone had managed to make a silver fern design that had avoided trademark issues, it might have gained some momentum.
Plus John Key made it quite political, so it made it hard for people who didn't like him (which was a pretty substantial portion of the population) to support change.
Didn't John Key's favourite turn out to resemble the ISIS flag a little too much?
I think there were some interesting options submitted but the Powers That Be selected some pretty dull ones for everyone to vote on.
They tried to say the silver fern flag looked too much like the Isis flag, but that was just bullshit and the real reason it wasn't an option was NZ rugby had blocked it