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announced his intention to hold a referendum on New Zealand's flag. In May 2015, the group launched a campaign in support of changing the flag. With the NZ Flag.com Trust dissolved, a new group, New Flag New Zealand Incorporated, with many of the same members, was formed.
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Lloyd Morrison attributed the failure to apathy from the general public, while supporters of New Zealand's current flag attributed the petition's failure to the popularity of that flag.
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Following the failure of the flag referendum, Change the NZ Flag was wound-up and its web domain and Facebook page were taken over by
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on the issue. New Flag New Zealand Incorporated was dissolved in 2018. The group was affiliated with
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reneged on an offer to distribute the petition nationwide, the Trust withdrew the petition.
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on the issue. Had it been successful, a referendum would have been held at the
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The group was originally the NZ Flag.com Trust, established in 2003 by
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with the goal of bringing about a referendum on the issue under the
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Originally founded by Wellington businessman Lloyd Morrison as the
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In January 2005, the Trust launched a petition to bring about a
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Campaigning for New Zealanders to change the flag of New Zealand
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was a group campaigning for New Zealanders to change the
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