WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealanders have begun a final vote on whether to change their flag from a design which features the British Union Jack to one which features a native silver fern. A ...

TV3 journalist Brook Sabin said: “I'm sorry — but for New Zealand to consider a flag change without the plain silver fern defies belief.” Others pointed out the the stylized fern design was ...

If New Zealand votes to replace their traditional flag in a nationwide referendum in March, the new one will likely be black, white, and blue, and embellished with a silver fern and the Southern ...

The fern has become a national symbol Credit: Reuters. Even the designer found it a difficult choice when he came to vote. "I agonised over the two on my voting form," Mr Lockwood, who is from ...

Just over 915,0000 — or 43.1 per cent — voted for a new blue, black and silver fern motif associated with the country’s successful All Blacks rugby team.

The Silver Fern (black, white and blue), designed by Kyle Lockwood, won in the fourth round of voting, with 50.53% of the vote. The winning design got 552,827 first-preference votes.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has voted to keep its current flag by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent in a nationwide poll that ended Thursday. More than 2 million people voted ...

A blue and black design with a silver fern has been picked by New Zealanders as the most-popular in a referendum on a possible new flag. However, after four rounds of voting, the result was so ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealanders know what their new potential national flag will look like, except that they're not quite set on the color. In a postal ballot, New Zealanders chose from ...

New Zealand has voted to keep its current flag over a new silver fern design in a nationwide referendum. The original flag received more than 1.2million votes while the new design was voted for by ...

New Zealanders are vote to decide whether the country should change its current flag, dropping the British Union Flag for a 'more Kiwi' emblem. Prime Minister John Key announced a double ...