'Black, White and Blue Silver Fern' will be put against New Zealand's existing flag in the second referendum. Photo: Supplied
'Black, White and Blue Silver Fern' has been confirmed as the winning design in the first of two referendums on changing New Zealand's flag.
The Electoral Commission released the official results today, following the release of preliminary results on Friday.
VIEW the final vote count on the Electoral Commission's website.
The flag, designed by Kyle Lockwood, will be put against the existing New Zealand flag in a second referendum in March 2016.
The second most-preferred flag design was Lockwood's 'Red, White and Blue Silver Fern'. 'Red Peak' came in third, followed by 'Silver Fern (black and white)' and 'Koru', otherwise known as "hypno flag".
The commission said 1,546,734 votes were received, including 149,747 informal votes and 3372 invalid votes.
Voter turnout was 48.78 percent.