The five alternative New Zealand flag designs have been stolen from a car park building in Dunedin. Police are appealing for witnesses.
The flags were flying on the Great King St building, owned by the Dunedin City Council, to assist people voting in the New Zealand flag referendum.
Senior Sergeant James Ure said the theft happened some time between Friday afternoon, when council staff last saw the flags, and this morning when it was first noticed they were missing.
Anyone who saw them being taken down, or had seen any of the flags since, were asked to contact police.
Voters have been asked to rank five alternative flags, chosen by a flag referendum panel out of 10,292 designs submitted by Kiwis.
The preferential system would deliver a single winner which will be pitted against the current flag in the final referendum in March next year.
