New Zealanders have voted to keep the same flag they've had for the past 114 years, rejecting the chance for a new design.

投票显示，新西兰人民拒绝更换国旗，决定继续沿用飘扬了114年的米字旗。

Preliminary results from voting in a referendum to decide if the flag would be changed were in favour of keeping the old design, which is similar to the Australian flag and incorporates the Union Jack.

此前，新西兰进行了是否更换国旗的公投，而初步结果显示人们更倾向于继续沿用现有国旗。新西兰现有国旗和澳大利亚国旗相似，融合了米字旗元素。

The New Zealand Herald reported 2.1 million people voting with the result as 56.6 percent in favour of the same flag and 43.2 percent in favour of a new flag.

据《新西兰先驱报》报道，共计210万人参与投票，56.6%的民众选择现有国旗，43.2%的民众选择新国旗。

The 18-month process, driven by Prime Minister John Key, cost $NZ26 million (£11.9million).

这项公投由新西兰总理约翰·基发起，历时一年半，花费2600万新西兰元（1190万英镑）。

Mr Key said he was disappointed with the outcome, but called for the country to 'rally behind the flag that's been chosen, to go out and use, to wave it and to be proud of it and to celebrate the fact that we've got an amazing country'.

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