For those who have been followers of canddaway.com since we were travelling in New Zealand, you may remember there was a referendum in December 2015 to choose a potentially new national flag from a shortlist of five designs.
The winning design (above right) was due to be pitted against the current flag (above left) in a second vote this month to decide which would be New Zealand’s national flag moving into the future.
Well the promised second referendum has taken place today and the status quo won by 56.6% to 43.2%. An interesting article on referendum outcomes ran in the online Guardian today. The issue remains topical for the UK as we face the vote on whether to remain in the EU. The question is will the status quo win the day in that vote?
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I liked the new flag design. Its anybodys guess what will happen in our referendum.
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It was hot news when I was with you. I confess I’m surprised that they’ve chosen the old colonial version but I heard the alternative described as a ‘cheap beach towel’ on the radio the other day so perhaps it was the design rather than anything deeper that won the day.
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