St Bernard’s boys have little enthusiasm for changing our flag

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

If John Key wanted an example of how difficult it is to get Kiwis enthusiastic about the flag debate, he could have a chat with the boys at St Bernard’s College.

The Lower Hutt school provided five intelligent and articulate senior boys aware of the push for a new flag.

It is a topic they said gets little discussion among students and their view is there are more important issues facing the nation. Continue reading

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