See them fly then make your choice

The alternative flag (left) will fly on the Auckland Harbour Bridge ahead of a referendum to decide if it will replace the current New Zealand flag. Photo / Greg Bowker

We asked, and the Government delivered.

The alternative New Zealand flag was raised alongside the existing flag on the harbour bridge yesterday - two weeks after a Weekend Herald editorial called for the flags to be flown together on the Auckland landmark.

The final flag referendum, in which voters will choose between the two designs, will be held from March 3 to 24.