Updated 3.53pm: An advertising executive, a former All Black and a Maori academic are among those picked on a 12 person panel to lead the consultation about a possible new flag.
The Government has announced the members of the Flag Consideration Panel.
It will be headed by deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury, Emeritus Professor John Burrows.
The other members include Saatchi & Saatchi's Nicky Bell, former Dunedin mayor Peter Chin, Xero's Rod Drury, former army chief Rhys Jones - and Sir Brian Lochore.
The panel was selected following nominations by a cross-party group of MPs and will hold its first meeting next month.
Its job is to oversee public engagement, invite possible flag designs and make a shortlist for the first postal referendum.
A referendum on the flag is expected to cost around $30 million and the public will be able to submit their ideas for a new flag from May.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is scathing about the process.
"Total waste of money, it's a sideshow, a detour, it's got nothing to do with our priorities as a party or as a country."
The Flag Panel
Chair: Emeritus Professor John Burrows, ONZM - Former vice-chancellor of University of Canterbury
Deputy chair: Kate de Goldi - writer and reviewer, Wellington
The other 10 members are:
Nicky Bell – CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand and board director, Auckland
Peter Chin, CNZM – Former Mayor of Dunedin, director and trustee, Dunedin
Julie Christie, ONZM – Director of Julie Christie Inc. and board member, Auckland
Rod Drury – CEO of Xero and technology entrepreneur, Havelock North
Beatrice Faumuina, ONZM – Olympian, Commonwealth gold medallist, ASB Head of Talent & People Strategy, board member and trustee, Waitakere
Lt Gen (Rtd) Rhys Jones, CNZM – Former Chief of NZ Defence Force, Wellington
Stephen Jones – Invercargill Youth Councillor, InvercargillÂ
Sir Brian Lochore, ONZ, KNZM, OBE – Former All Blacks captain, coach and administrator, Masterton
Malcolm Mulholland – Academic and flag historian, Palmerston North
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