The New Zealand Government will publicly invite new flag designs and will implement a national referendum in 2016

The flag of New Zealand is based on blue, with the designation of Union Jack of British flag on the upper left, four red stars representing Southern Cross on the right, but because it closely resembles the national flag of neighboring Australia, which There was a problem that it was hard to tell whether it was the national flag of the country. In New Zealand ask questions about changing the flag to a more intuitive designReferendum to be implemented in 2016So, various design ideas gather from all over the world.

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The current New Zealand flag was established in 1902, but the New Zealand government has a budget of 25.7 million New Zealand dollars (about 2.3 billion yen) as Union Jack of the upper left and the design of the star are similar to the flag of the neighboring Australia I applied for a new design for the national flag.


The national flag of Australia is as follows.

ByIan Fieggen

The public offering of New Zealand's new flag design began on May 12, 2015, and more than 850 designs were submitted on the first three days. In the design plan, we inherit the three colors of white, blue and red which are used for the current national flag as they are,kiwiIt is said that many designs including New Zealand culture such as fern plants and Maori artworks were received.

For example, the following design plan is a design that arranges the stars and British flags depicted in the current national flag and draws fern leaves largely in the center.


As the design proposal could be posted by anyone in the world, for exampleNyan CatThere is also an unpleasant idea such as "Nyan Kiwis" inspired by.


"I expressed the power of New Zealand with a laser beam emitted from Kiwi's eyes".


The design below shows that it represents the diversity of Maori culture.


Illustration of a fish named Huai Dai living in the Oceania region and a kiwi with a corner of a unicorn.


With sheep present anywhere in New Zealand,Hokey PokeyDesigned with ice creams arranged side by side.


A design depicting the present national flag in the body of Kiwi of a grievous expression.


The design proposal is closed on July 16, 2015, and it seems that 12,22 designs have finally gathered. The final candidate was squeezed into the following 4 types among them by the National Flag Deliberation Committee.

Placing fern leaves diagonally, using white and blackYin YangDesign representing.


Design with the exception of Union Jack from the current national flag, with white fern leaves.


It is a white and black swirl pattern that expresses New Zealand's culture such as the ferns of a fern, corners of waves, clouds and sheeps. In addition, the swirl pattern is also a traditional pattern of Māori people, it seems to represent new life, growth, strength, peace and so on.


The design which replaces the background color of the upper left part of the second design candidate with black.


Of the four types, one type will be elected by referendum in early 2016. In addition, we plan to finalize the ballot in March 2016 "Continue to use the current national flag or adopt the newly designed flag".

The four alternatives | NZ Government
https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/the-four-alternatives/