_by_Kyle_Lockwood.svg) Preferred Alternative New Zealand Flag | |
| Use | Official alternative New Zealand flag voted by the people in the first of the New Zealand flag referendums in 2015. |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Design | A silver fern representing the multi-cultural people of New Zealand, and southern cross referencing the antipodean location of the country. |
| Designed by | Kyle Lockwood |
The black, white and blue silver fern flag is a proposed flag for New Zealand by architectural designer Kyle Lockwood. It was first designed using different colours in 2000.[1] It was voted as the preferred alternative New Zealand flag in the first of two New Zealand flag referendums in December 2015, and was used in the second flag referendum in a binding contest against the current New Zealand flag. Despite a UMR poll predicting that the flag would earn only 35% of the vote,[2] the Silver Fern Flag gained a significant minority in the March 2016 referendum with 43.2% of the vote, whilst the existing flag won with 56.6% of the vote.[3]
- ^ Young, Tim (20 November 2015). "'Silver Fern' flag designer Kyle Lockwood: I would be 'honoured' to win". stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Mills, Stephen (March 2016). "New Zealand Flag Referendum Update" (PDF). UMR Research. UMR Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Elections, New Zealand (30 March 2016). "Official result of the second referendum on the New Zealand Flag". elections.org.nz. elections.org.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2016.