New Zealand/Laser Kiwi

The Laser Kiwi flag, originally titled Fire the Laser, is a black background with a white New Zealand fern, and a brown kiwi shooting a green laser beam out of its eye. It was designed in 2015 by Lucy Gray as a proposed flag of New Zealand for the 2015-2016 New Zealand flag referendums, and has since become a social media phenomenon that has created ongoing interest in the design.
== History ==
The Laser Kiwi flag was created in 2015 by Lucy Gray, a former ACT Party candidate, as a proposed flag of New Zealand. She produced the flag design in Microsoft Paint during an evening. Inspired by the many "deadly animals" in Australia, she took a Kiwi icon and turned it into a deadly animal. When the initial four chosen options were released for the first stage of the New Zealand flag referendums, Gray stated that she was "uninspired" by the designs as they "didn't derive much meaning" for her. 
During the New Zealand flag referendums, the Laser Kiwi flag became a large social media phenomenon, and was used in comedy routines by comedians, discussing the flag referendum and New Zealand in general. The description of the flag was that "the laser beam projects a powerful image of New Zealand. I believe my design is so powerful it does not need to be discussed." It was often joked by comedians that if the flag was to become the official flag of New Zealand, it would cause "fear" in New Zealand's enemies.
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