The three fern leaf designs were slammed for being too similar ... “If we put our flag on a sweatshirt, not a single person outside of New Zealand, well, very few people will recognize that ...

The design is simple and pure, using our national colours. Credit for the fern goes to The New Zealand Way Limited. As our flag unfurls, so too does its koru. The koru represents the fern frond ...

The New Zealand government has ... on the long list are variations on the same design. Most of the proposed designs feature a stylized silver fern frond, either the coiled "fiddlehead," an ...

The frond, as a piece of graphic design, makes both possible ... It's also already in use, meaning that the fern has some local resonance. The New Zealand national rugby team uses it as its ...

Four new flags were chosen by an expert panel Tuesday as New Zealanders prepare to vote on a new national design — but there was a mostly disappointed public response to the “dreary” selection.

The multiple points of the fern leaf represent Aotearoa's peaceful ... ‘The laser beam projects a powerful image of New Zealand. I believe my design is so powerful it does not need to be ...

According to the designer of the new flag, Kyle Lockwood, “the multiple points of the fern leaf represent Aotearoa ... a Maori term used to refer to New Zealand. “The bright blue represents ...

The government of New Zealand announced 40 ... of the country's current flag. The designs chosen by an independent panel seem to share a few common themes: fern leaves, the Maori koru loop shape ...

Melbourne-based Lockwood's Silver Fern design – with a leafy frond on a split background of blue and black – was announced as the winner in December. The four shortlisted New Zealand flag ...

For decades, the people of New Zealand have argued over their flag. It's too similar to Australia's flag, and it's embarrassing when they're confused; it would be expensive to change it.