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Two referendums were held by the New Zealand Government in November/December 2015 and March 2016 to determine the nation's flag. The voting resulted in the retention of the existing flag of New Zealand. [1] Shortly after the referendum announcement, party leaders reviewed draft legislation and selected candidates for a Flag Consideration Panel.
The second referendum took place between 3 and 24 March 2016 and asked voters to choose between the selected alternative (the black, white and blue silver fern flag) and the existing New Zealand flag. [46] [47] The final decision was to retain the current flag, by a vote of 56.6% to 43.1%. [5]
20 November – 11 December 2015: 48.2: New Zealand flag, first stage: 50.58% for Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue) after 4 counts 3–24 March 2016: 67.8: New Zealand flag, second stage: 56.6% for retaining the existing flag of New Zealand 17 October 2020: 82.24: Legalizing the sale, use, possession and production of cannabis: 51.17% against ...
1 November – Bill Ballantine, marine biologist (born 1937) 10 November – Laurent Vidal, French triathlete who lived half the time in New Zealand (fiancé of Andrea Hewitt) (born 1984) 12 November – Peter McLeavey, art dealer (born 1936) 13 November – John Gray, Anglican bishop (born 1947) 17 November – Donald Brian, cricketer (born 1925)
The Red Peak flag (also called First to the Light) is a proposed New Zealand flag that appeared as one of five options for voters to consider in the 2015–16 flag referendums. [1] Designed by Aaron Dustin in 2015, Red Peak appeared on the government's official longlist of 40 alternative flag designs before failing a final culling of the field ...
This frame grab taken from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed dated November 14, 2024 and released via AFPTV on November 15 shows Maori lawmakers performing the Haka, a traditional ceremonial dance ...
In May 2015, the group launched a campaign in support of changing the flag. [2] With the NZ Flag.com Trust dissolved, a new group, New Flag New Zealand Incorporated, with many of the same members, was formed. [1] Following the failure of the flag referendum, Change the NZ Flag was wound-up and its web domain and Facebook page were taken over by ...
Another Wisconsin election.Another confusing statewide referendum question. Actually, two of them. No matter what corner of Wisconsin you’re voting in for the spring nonpartisan election on or ...