New Zealand opens voting on new flag

Voting has begun in New Zealand in a referendum which could see the country getting a new national flag. New Zealanders have just under a month to send in a postal ballot on which of five potential new flags they prefer. A second vote in 2016 will ask whether they want to replace the existing flag, which features the UK's Union Jack, with the new design. Prime Minister John Key has said the current flag is not representative of modern New Zealand.

Voting has begun in New Zealand in a referendum which could see the country getting a new national flag.

New Zealanders have just under a month to send in a postal ballot on which of five potential new flags they prefer.

A second vote in 2016 will ask whether they want to replace the existing flag, which features the UK’s Union Jack, with the new design.

Prime Minister John Key has said the current flag is not representative of modern New Zealand.

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