New Zealand has had a national flag since 1834, when the United Maori Tribes gathered to declare independence.
In use since 1861, the current flag became New Zealand's official flag in 1902 – it features the Union Jack and the Southern Cross.
Following Saturday's election victory, PM-elect John Key said one of his biggest priorities is a national referendum to decide whether New Zealand should have a new flag.
The discussion follows hot-on-the heels of debate about what to do with the Union Jack and associated flags in the event that Scotland had voted for independence last week.
Plus long-running Australian discussions to ditch the Union Jack in favour of something more authentically Aussie.
"It's my belief that the design of the New Zealand flag symbolises a colonial and post-colonial era whose time has passed," Keys said in a speech in March.
Over the years New Zealanders have championed a number of flag designs, including this magnificent option, popularised by a New Zealand Herald article in 2002.
Another popular alternative design is this one, which features the letters NZ replacing the Union Jack and a Polynesian trim to reflect New Zealand's Māori heritage.
Of course NZ had a distinctive flag unsullied by the Union Jack until 1860, so why not go for something more authentic, more Kiwi? Like this one, the national Māori flag?
