Government-mandated flag-shagging is the government telling us how we should feel about our country. And that's not something a democratic government should do.
Government-mandated flag-shagging is the government telling us how we should feel about our country. And that's not something a democratic government should do.
Looking at the history of Aotearoa, any reasonable person would have some misgivings. So its perfectly understandable that kiwis aren't really keen on overt patriotic displays outside of a sporting context.