Four new flags were chosen by an expert panel Tuesday as New Zealanders prepare to vote on a new national design — but there was a mostly disappointed public response to the “dreary” selection.

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New Zealanders have chosen a new flag design that ditches the Union Jack in favour of the fern. The question now is whether it will prove more popular than the current national flag, when put to a ...

Silver Fern ... new flags were flown around the country in order to familiarize people with them. Around 48% of eligible voters have taken part in the referendum, according to the New Zealand ...

New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled ... by the government-appointed Flag Consideration Panel. Three of the four designs feature the silver fern, a New Zealand native plant, in various colors.

After a year-long, $17.4 million public contest to design and select a new national flag, New Zealand voted Thursday ... featuring a silver fern, and the existing one based on the British union ...

New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders began voting Thursday on whether to change their flag from a design which features the British Union Jack to one which features a native silver fern.

New Zealand Government provided illustrations of two flag designs; Silver Fern top, and Silver Fern bottom, both by Kyle Lockwood, which New Zealanders are considering as a possible new national flag.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New ... the country's iconic silver fern next to the stars that make up the Southern Cross constellation. The only difference is, one flag is blue and black and the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... to decide whether to keep the British Union Jack on their flag or replace it with a silver fern. The current flag has been the national symbol since 1902.

The top design garnered 50.53% of the vote while the second flag ... "I think the silver fern is an inclusive element, representative of multi-cultural New Zealand," he said.