Remember when we flagged getting a new flag?

It’s 10 years since New Zealand voted in a referendum to keep flying the flag for tradition.

Over 10,292 alternative designs were submitted, then whittled down to a long list of 40 and then five. From there, Kyle Lockwood’s black, white and blue silver fern flag was chosen to go up against the old faithful.

Often described as the then Prime Minister Sir John Key’s passion project, more than 2 million people voted in the final referendum.