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An Auckland town's tribute to Kiwi musicians and entertainers has to be redesigned in a 'David and Goliath' battle with Hollywood. Twelve star plaques honour famous Kiwi entertainers. But Hollywood Walk of Fame own the rights to any five-pointed object in the ground worldwide The stars, similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, pay tribute to musicians and entertainers including Sir Howard Morrison, Ray Columbus, Hello Sailor, Gray Bartlett, Tom Sharplin and the Cadillacs, and David Hartnell. The new stars will now have seven points on them thanks to alternative New Zealand flag designer Kyle Lockwood. He has granted Brown licence to use the silver fern from his flag designs, set behind the star to add a sixth and seventh point... Read more below: Silver Fern Licences can be obtained for business and sports team use at silverfernflag.org/licence An Auckland town's tribute to Kiwi musicians and entertainers has to be redesigned in a 'David and Goliath' battle with Hollywood. The twelve star plaques honour famous Kiwi entertainers. But Hollywood Walk of Fame own the rights to any five-pointed object in the ground worldwide, according to Stage 51 director and Austin Powers impersonator Gary Brown of Red Beach, north of Auckland.
JAY BOREHAM - FAIRFAX http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/82131020/orewa-walk-of-fame-on-the-move Last updated 14:12, July 15 2016
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On the eve of the United Kingdom's EU Referendum, Silver Fern Flag designer Kyle Lockwood chats to the BBC about the recent NZ Flag Referenda, and a British Political Science Professor Andrew Russell believes that a new flag for NZ could happen sooner than we think...
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