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How can a design process facilitate the democratic determination of a national identity?

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2015 Flag Referendum 1: Results

http://insights.nzherald.co.nz/article/nz-new-flag

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Design or process – what will the next flag vote really be about?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/75321870/design-or-process--what-will-the-next-flag-vote-really-be-about

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John Roughan: Something in the wind, says new flag

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11563268

Few national flags probably had the wow-factor when first conceived. We need a new flag, the old one looks even more dated now than it did last week. The chosen alternative may be an amateurish pastiche of the old and new but it is the way we are. It is recognisably us. It will do fine.

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Star Wars Nerd Designs Killer Flags for More Than 100 of the Saga’s Planets

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/this-designer-created-flags-for-more-than-100-star-wars-planets/

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What would the flag of Mars look like?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151214-what-would-the-flag-of-mars-look-like

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None of the Above

http://maetl.net/essays/none-of-the-above

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Part 2: Financial and other implications of changing the New Zealand flag

http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/r/regulatory-impact-statement-considering-changing-the-new-zealand-flag/part-2-financial-and-other-implications-of-changing-the-new-zealand-flag

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New Zealand given historic opportunity to choose a flag

https://admin.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-given-historic-opportunity-choose-flag#.Vm-X7miko14.facebook

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RED PEAK WAS ALWAYS A MIDDLE CLASS GANG-PATCH

https://finetoothcolumn.wordpress.com/2015/12/12/red-peak-was-always-a-middle-class-gang-patch/

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A flag all Kiwis can get behind

http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/115081-a-flag-all-kiwis-can-get-behind.html

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FARM COVE DESIGN SCHOOL FLAG

http://www.times.co.nz/front-page-feature/farm-cove-design-school-flag.html

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Next wave: what Australia can learn from New Zealand’s flag referendum

https://theconversation.com/next-wave-what-australia-can-learn-from-new-zealands-flag-referendum-52281

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New Zealand confirms alternative flag ahead of final referendum

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/15/new-zealand-confirms-alternative-flag

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Lessons from New Zealand’s disappointing (and now complete) flag referendum

http://wgbhnews.org/post/lessons-new-zealand-s-disappointing-and-now-complete-flag-referendum

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NZ flag choice: Delight and disgust

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/291953/nz-flag-choice-delight-and-disgust

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John Key will be hoping for a flood of votes before the flag referendum closes

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/74788958/john-key-will-be-hoping-for-a-flood-of-votes-before-the-flag-referendum-closes