Dr Nic Rawlence is on a mission to side line the kiwi and silver ferns as our national emblems and instead have a fossil flying on flags around the country.
He's the director of Otago University's Palaeogenics Laboratory and leading a campaign to have a native fossil adopted a national emblem.
Dr Rawlence explains the campaign to Jesse and you can find out how to have your say here.
Photo: Mike Dickison/Wikipedia, CC BY-NC-ND
