New Zealanders have voted to retain their current flag. In the final round of the New Zealand Flag referendum, 56.7 per cent voted for no change. The Kyle Lockwood-designed alternative (below) attracted 43.3 per cent of the vote. Over 2.1 million votes were cast, a turnout of 67.3 per cent. Prime Minister John Key, who […]
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New Zealand Flag referendum: final round
The final round of the New Zealand Flag referendum has begun, deciding whether the country will keep or change its current flag. To usurp the current flag, Kyle Lockwood’s Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue) must win a simple head-to-head ballot, running from 3–24 March. The challenger design narrowly won the first round of the […]
New Zealand chooses challenger flag
With late and overseas votes still outstanding, it appears that Kyle Lockwood’s black variant has beaten the same designer’s red variant into second place. Voter turnout was 48 per cent, reflecting the interest in this issue among New Zealanders. Following an official announcement next Tuesday, the winning flag will face the current New Zealand flag […]
New Zealand flag referendum begins
After celebrating another Rugby Union World Cup triumph, New Zealanders are deciding what flag their beloved All Blacks will play under when they defend their crown. New Zealanders have just begun voting in a referendum to decide whether or not to change their national flag. The first round will see five potential new designs reduced […]
List of 40 potential new New Zealand flag designs unveiled
From over 10,000 just 40 remain. Is one of these designs New Zealand’s new flag? New Zealand has taken a step closer to changing their national flag, after the Flag Consideration Panel released a first shortlist of 40 designs from 10,292 submissions. ‘Everyone on the panel viewed every single one of the 10,292 designs,’ said […]
The Silver Fern – New Zealand’s new flag?
We will soon be hearing about the Silver Fern and two flag referendums taking place in New Zealand. Following his re-election, Prime Minister John Key will fulfil a pledge made in March 2014 to hold a referendum on changing the national flag. Led by ‘respected New Zealanders’, a public consultation period will run from May […]
Flag of Australia
Australia adopted its national flag on 3 September 1901, and King Edward VII officially recognised it seventeen months later. Its designers were Ivor Evans, Leslie John Hawkins, Egbert John Nuttall, Annie Dorrington and William Stevens. Ivor Evans was a 14-year-old Melbourne schoolboy; teenager Leslie Hawkins, a Sydney optician’s apprentice; Egbert Nuttall, a Melbourne architect; Annie […]
NZ Flag: speech at Victoria University
In a speech at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has launched his proposal for a referendum on the nation’s flag. You can read the speech here. It is a most impressive, thoughtful and statesmanlike view of the significance of a national flag in the life of a country, demonstrating very clearly its […]
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