Navigating New Zealand’s menu of choices for new flag Originally, there were 10,292 possible designs for the New Zealand flag, which a government-appointed panel whittled down to 40 in August.

A Vote on New Zealand’s Flag Identity Crisis After two years, $17 million, and more than 10,000 design submissions, voters kept the old flag. By J. Weston Phippen ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The British Union Jack once symbolized the reach of a powerful empire — but it may need to yield soon to a delicate silver fern. At least on New Zealand’s flag ...

28 November, 2015. Flag the old New Zealand flag. Wellington company Shott Beverages says the cost of New Zealand retaining a flag virtually identical to Australia’s far outweighs the cost of ...

New Zealand will vote on a new flag in a 2016 referendum. It's more than just a southern thing. ... New Zealand Shows Just How Hard It Is to Get Rid of an Old Flag. 2 minute read.

New Zealand spent years debating whether to change its national flag. Now, a national referendum has put the idea to rest: New Zealand will keep the Blue Ensign it's used since 1902.

Yet, once the flag debate began, an important matter arose: one of the key arguments for changing the flag was that the old one failed to represent Maori culture - integral to modern New Zealand ...

But in 2016, after a finalist for a new flag had been selected, almost 57 percent of Kiwis opted to keep their old flag. Key had hoped that a fresh design would better differentiate New Zealand ...