Vote for New Zealand's new flag

The entire populace thinks it is a total bore, but our prime minister wants to go out with something permanent on his record: he wants the country to have a new flag.

And even if we don't want it, we get to choose the new one.

So, I thought, why not let the world (or at least my readers) to have some input, too.  For reference, here is the current (old) flag of New Zealand.

Quite smart, really.  Two problems:  (1) the Union Jack is a bit outdated, as we lost most contact with Britain, which backed out of being the "Mother Country" in favor of the EU; and (2) people confuse it with the Aussie flag, which is the same but with extra stars (and their stars are not as pretty).

And here is the 40-strong long list for the replacement:

 

If you click on the image, it will enlarge, so that you can study it at leisure, if so inclined.

What do you reckon?