The current New Zealand flag is the stand out winner in a new survey which pits it against all five alternative designs.

In the survey by UMR Research, the current flag is put against each of the five alternatives with participants asked to pick their favourite.

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Sixty-four percent said they preferred the current flag to Kyle Lockwood's red and blue fern flag, which was the favourite alternative design.

The survey also showed both of Kyle Lockwood's fern designs were more popular than Red Peak, which was added to the referendum after more than 50,000 people signed a petition.

The survey was conducted October 1-15 and had a sample size of 1000.

The postal referendum from November 20 to December 11 will select an alternative flag to go up against the existing flag in a second referendum next April.

source: data archive