The second referendum, in which voters get to choose between the current New Zealand flag and the preferred alternative design selected in the first round, will be held from March 3 to 24 next year.

Residents of New Zealand proposed 10,292 alternative flag designs as of mid-2015. A panel then narrowed it down to a handful of choices, and the nation picked its favorite. Sponsor Message Now ...

Four new flags were chosen by an expert panel Tuesday as New Zealanders prepare to vote on a new national design — but there was a mostly disappointed public response to the “dreary” selection.

New Zealand is a step closer to getting a new flag, after an independent panel sifted through more than 10,000 submitted designs to emerge with 40 finalists. The country is in the process of ...

Five alternative New Zealand flag designs are flying in Invercargill, but there are fears some have been given more prominence than others. The flags were raised by the Invercargill City Council ...

New Zealand will vote on a potential new flag in a country-wide referendum in November. On Tuesday, the Flag Consideration panel revealed the four designs that will appear on the ballot ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... a law professor who led a panel who chose a shortlist of alternative flag designs, said the process had been challenging from the start and the panel was ...

Wellington: New Zealanders chose a new flag design yesterday but the question now is whether enough people will rally behind it to oust the current flag. Final results from a postal ballot were ...

according to a description given about the flag design on a New Zealand government website. The fourth design features a black-and-white koru, a symbol of creation often used in Maori art ...