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The second referendum took place between 3 and 24 March 2016. It asked voters to choose between the selected alternative (the black, white and blue silver fern flag) and the existing New Zealand flag. [6] [7] Reception of the process and the finalist designs were highly critical, with no great enthusiasm shown among the public.
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]
During the New Zealand flag referendums, the Laser Kiwi flag became a large social media phenomenon and was used in comedy routines by comedians, such as John Oliver, discussing the flag referendum and New Zealand in general. [4] The flag features a New Zealand fern and a kiwi shooting a green laser beam from its eyes. The description of the ...
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 ...
16 March – The remnants of Cyclone Pam move down the east coast of New Zealand causing evacuations, heavy flooding, and power outages. [4] 24 March – Netflix launches in New Zealand. [5] 28 March – A by-election was held in the Northland electorate to replace MP Mike Sabin of the National Party who resigned on 30 January.
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
Kyle Simon Lockwood JP (born 1977) is a New Zealand architectural designer based in Melbourne, Australia. He is known for leading the successful campaign for the New Zealand Government to reintroduce the duration of the New Zealand passport to ten years, and for designing the two flags that came first and second, in the first New Zealand flag ...
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 before April 2, there are a ...