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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 ...
1995 Belarusian referendum; 2001 Mississippi flag referendum; 2004 Georgia flag referendum; 2015–2016 New Zealand flag referendums; 2017 Mauritanian constitutional referendum; 2020 Mississippi flag referendum; 2024 Maine Question 5
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 ...
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)
Key had long supported changing the flag of New Zealand, and during the 2014 general election campaign promised a referendum on the issue. [101] Following the election win, two New Zealand flag referendums were held in November/December 2015 and March 2016.
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 ...