New Zealand idavotera mu referendum kuti isunge mbendera yake ndi Union Jack.

referendum yachitika kumene ku New Zealand pankhani yomwe Prime Minister John Key wakhala akuyitanitsa kwanthawi yayitali: kusintha kwa mbendera yake yamakono kwa yatsopano yomwe imachotsa Union Jack, chizindikiro cha kulowa kwake mu Ufumu wa Britain.

Mu referendum, momwe 67% ya anthu omwe ali ndi ufulu wovota adatenga nawo gawo, zotsatirazi zidapezedwa (akanthawi):

Sungani mbendera: 56,6%
Kusintha: 43,2%

Pachithunzi chotsatirachi mukhoza kuwona mbendera yamakono (kumanzere) yomwe ili ndi malingaliro ovotera kwambiri pakati pa njira zina (kumanja), zomwe zinaphatikizapo zomera zachibadwidwe (fern) ngati chinthu chosiyanitsa.

Zikuwoneka kuti anthu okhala m'dziko lakutali ili sakhudzidwa ndi kufanana kwa mbendera ndi Australia yoyandikana nayo (komanso kutchulidwa kwa atsamunda aku Britain) monga atsogoleri awo, omwe akumana ndi zovuta. kuyamikira kwakukulu pambuyo pa kampeni yokwera mtengo yopangira mbendera zina.