This Thursday will see voting in the second flag referendum come to a close, with results to be revealed on March 30.
So far in the second referendum over 1.2 million votes have been returned, a substantially larger number in comparison to the first referendum when at the same stage only 800,000 votes had been sent back in. In total 1,546,734 people voted during the first referendum, 49 percent of the voting population.
Latest polls also indicate that almost two thirds of those surveyed are in favour of keeping the current flag. The poll, which was undertaken during the last week of February showed that 56 percent of people wanted to keep the current flag with 32 percent wanting change whilst 9 percent were unsure.
The flag referendum has been the subject of heated debate over the last year and just last week saw one individual protest the flag referendum by trying to sell his vote on Trade Me. The bidding reached $96 before finally being pulled by Trade Me staff.