NZ admits flag change vote

Prime Minister John Key conceded he faces a challenge persuading New Zealanders to change the national flag in a referendum after an opinion poll found overwhelming support for the existing banner Monday.
Key's flag change proposal will be put to a vote later this year and the leader insisted there was still time to win over the public.
"It's always going to be a tough ask to change the flag by a public referendum," he told Radio New Zealand.
"You've got to engage people, you've got to get them to think through the issues... no one's arguing it's not a big challenge."
He was speaking after a TV3 poll published Sunday found 69 per cent of New Zealanders wanted to keep the current flag, which features Britain's Union Jack in the corner, according to NDTV.

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