New Zealand Flag Referendums (First Flag Referendum)Order 2015

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 31st day of August 2015

Present:His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to sections 11 and 13 of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 andsection 21(2) of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000 as applied by section18(1)(b) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015, His Excellency the Gov-ernor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council,makes the following order.

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1 Title 22 Commencement 23 Closing of referendum roll 24 Close of first flag referendum 25 Alternative flag designs 2

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Order

1 TitleThis order is the New Zealand Flag Referendums (First Flag Referendum)Order 2015.

2 CommencementThis order comes into force on 1 September 2015.

3 Closing of referendum rollThe date for the closing of the referendum roll for the first flag referendum isFriday 23 October 2015.

4 Close of first flag referendumThe date for the close of the first flag referendum is Friday 11 December 2015.

5 Alternative flag designs(1) The images of the 4 alternative flag designs that are to appear on the voting

paper for the first flag referendum are the images depicted in Part 1 of theSchedule.

(2) The official descriptions of the 4 alternative flag designs, to be used for thepurposes of dictating the relevant parts of the voting paper under section24(4)(c) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015, are set out in Part 2of the Schedule.

(3) The technical specifications of the 4 alternative flag designs are set out in Part3 of the Schedule.

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Part 1Images

Silver fern (black and white)

Silver fern (red, white, and blue)

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Koru

Silver fern (black, white, and blue)

Part 2Official descriptions

Silver fern (black and white)The dominant feature of this flag is a black and white fern frond. The fern frondsweeps diagonally up from the bottom left corner to the top right corner of the flag.The leaves and the stem on the top side of the fern are black on a white background.The leaves and the stem on the bottom side are white on a black background.

Silver fern (red, white, and blue)The dominant feature of this flag is a white fern frond that sweeps up diagonally fromthe bottom left corner to the right of the top centre. The left side of the fern is on a redbackground. To the right of the fern, there are 4 stars, in the formation of the SouthernCross constellation, on a blue background. Each star is red with a white border andhas 5 points.

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KoruThe right half of this flag is black. At the halfway point of the flag, the black forms akoru on a white background. The black koru spirals down and to the left from the topof the flag.

Silver fern (black, white, and blue)The dominant feature of this flag is a white fern frond that sweeps up diagonally fromthe bottom left corner to the right of the top centre. The left side of the fern is on ablack background. To the right of the fern, there are 4 stars, in the formation of theSouthern Cross constellation, on a blue background. Each star is red with a white bor-der and has 5 points.

Part 3Technical specifications

Silver fern (black and white)The flag proportion is 2:3 and the device on the flag is a stylised fern [A].The fern device has 29 leaflets. The stem originates at the bottom of the hoist and thefinal leaflet finishes at the top of the fly.The leaflets and the stem on the top side of the fern device are black on a white back-ground. The leaflets and the stem on the bottom side of the fern device are white on ablack background.The colours are white (Pantone SAFE) in the areas marked “1” and black (PantoneBLACK) in the areas marked “2”.

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Silver fern (red, white, and blue)The flag proportion is 1:2 and the devices on the flag are a stylised fern [A] and theSouthern Cross constellation [B].The fern device is white, has 33 leaflets, and sits within an area measuring eleven-hundred-and-eighty-five by nine-hundred eighteen-hundredths of the hoist of the flag.The background on the top side of the fern device is red. The background on the bot-tom side of the fern device is blue.The Southern Cross device sits within an area measuring five-hundred-and-thirty-three by six-hundred-and-ninety-one eighteen-hundredths of the fly of the flag. Eachof the 4 red stars in the Southern Cross device has 5 points and a white border.The colours are white (Pantone SAFE) in the areas marked “1”, red (Pantone 186C)in the areas marked “2”, and blue (Pantone 280C) in the area marked “3”.

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KoruThe flag proportion is 1:2 and the device on the flag is a stylised koru [A].The black koru device sits on a white background within an area measuring nine-hun-dred by nine-hundred eighteen-hundredths of the hoist of the flag.The colours are white (Pantone SAFE) in the area marked “1” and black (PantoneBLACK) in the area marked “2”.

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Silver fern (black, white, and blue)The flag proportion is 1:2 and the devices on the flag are a stylised fern [A] and theSouthern Cross constellation [B].The fern device is white, has 33 leaflets, and sits within an area measuring eleven-hundred-and-eighty-five by nine-hundred eighteen-hundredths of the hoist of the flag.The background on the top side of the fern device is black. The background on thebottom side of the fern device is blue.The Southern Cross device sits within an area measuring five-hundred-and-thirty-three by six-hundred-and-ninety-one eighteen-hundredths of the fly of the flag. Eachof the 4 red stars in the Southern Cross device has 5 points and a white border.The colours are white (Pantone SAFE) in the areas marked “1”, red (Pantone 186C)in the area marked “2”, blue (Pantone 286C) in the area marked “3”, and black (Pan-tone BLACK) in the area marked “4”.

Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory noteThis note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.This order, which comes into force on 1 September 2015, appoints the dates for theclosing of the referendum roll and for the close of the voting period for the first flagreferendum. The referendum roll will close on Friday 23 October 2015. In accordancewith section 12(1) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 (the Act) andclause 4 of this order, the voting period for the first flag referendum will start on Fri-day 20 November 2015 and end at 7 pm on Friday 11 December 2015.

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The order also prescribes the 4 alternative flag designs that will appear on the votingpaper for the first flag referendum. The Schedule contains images of the 4 alternativeflag designs and, for each of them, prescribes an official description and technicalspecifications. The official descriptions of the 4 alternative flag designs are to be usedfor the purposes of dictating the relevant parts of the voting paper to certain electorsunder section 24(4)(c) of the Act. If electors decide in the second flag referendum thatNew Zealand should have a new flag, the technical specifications for the new flagthat would be inserted in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Pro-tection Act 1981 (FENPA) will be the relevant specifications prescribed in Part 3 ofthe Schedule of this order. The image of the new flag (as depicted in Part 1 of theSchedule of this order) would be inserted in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of FENPA.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.Date of notification in Gazette: 3 September 2015.This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Wellington, New Zealand:

Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2015

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