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2015-12-23 07:31 pm
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NZ Flag Referendum Addendum

The flag shown in the video here is known as the Tino rangatiratanga flag, and it's achieved its prominence like a flag should - by being popularly adopted. (By Maori, in its case.)

That's what the NZ flag referendum lacks, it having been imposed from on high. It's all very sad.
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2015-12-12 01:38 pm
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NZ Flag Referendum Preliminary Result

The Kyle Lockwood black and blue fern flag has (almost) won the first round of the New Zealand flag referendum...

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/366677/results-out-flag-referendum

But it's only a sliver ahead of the Kyle Lockwood red and blue fern flag (50.53 vs 49.47), so may lose after all the votes have been counted.

Pity there's not a clear winner, but par for the course for a referendum that's been mismanaged from the start.