A flag with a silver fern on a black-and-blue background was confirmed Tuesday as New Zealand’s preferred option if the country decides to replace its current standard that features Britain’s Union Jack. The counting of late and overseas votes from a recent referendum on the New Zealand flag confirmed the preliminary results released last week, electoral commission officials said.
There were five options to choose from and an identical design flag in a slightly different colour scheme was actually the most popular first choice.
But under New Zealand’s preferential voting system, where people ranked the five designs in order of favouritism, the silver fern flag with a black, white and blue background was the most popular overall.
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