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The Bastion Point flag is a protest flag created by Māori demonstrators to protest New Zealand's decision to sell the Auckland region of Bastion Point (Māori:Takaparawha) in 1977. The flag was used during the 506 day occupation of the land by protestors. It features a mangopare (hammerhead shark) design, representing tenacity. [17]
Linda Munn, an activist involved in the creation of the national Māori flag, said Te Kara 'represented the patronising control that Pākehā [non-Māori or white New Zealanders] have always sought to exert over Maori independence.’ [46] Other criticisms highlight the fact that the rangatira at the vote only represented a small contingent of ...
The national Māori (or tino rangatiratanga) flag. The tino rangatiratanga flag is often referred to as the national Māori flag [14] and can be used to represent all Māori. [citation needed] Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn designed the flag in 1989. [15] It uses black, white, and red as national colours of New Zealand.
[23] This version of the flag served as the de facto national flag of New Zealand from 1835 until the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840, [24] although the United Tribes flag continued to be used as a New Zealand flag after the Treaty, for example the flag features on the medals presented to soldiers who served in the South ...
The national flag of New Zealand and Tino Rangatiratanga flag flying on Auckland Harbour Bridge, on Waitangi Day, 2012. This is a list of flags of New Zealand. It includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by institutions, local authorities, or the government of New Zealand.
The opening of the Māori Parliament at Pāpāwai, Greytown in 1897, with Richard Seddon in attendance The national Māori flag, also known as the Tino rangatiratanga (absolute sovereignty) flag. Designed in 1989, [201] it is widely used by Māori groups.
Potatau era Kīngitanga flag: The flag hoisted at Ngāruawāhia on the proclamation of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as Māori king, drawn in 1863. It depicts some of the stars of the Southern Cross, as well as a cross in the upper left canton. 1858–1860: Potatau Hei Kingi flag: A flag used during the reign of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the
English: Tino Rangatiratanga flag, designed by Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn & promoted by the Maori Patriotic group Te Kawariki. Elements of the flag Te Kawariki's own account of their activities, 20 years of protest action 1979-1999, Te Kawariki, outlines the elements of the Maori flag as follows: