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The flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kara) is a flag selected by a confederation of Māori leaders on 20 March 1834 from among three designs created by British missionary Henry Williams. At the time it was selected, New Zealand was not a colony of the British crown and it was considered the flag of New Zealand.
The Tino Rangatiratanga Flag of the Maori sovereignty movement. Recognised as the national Maori flag of New Zealand by the NZ Cabinet in 2009. Date: Flag designed around 1980. Source: Tino Rangatiratanga flag, New Zealand - Maori Flags, Flags of the World. Author: of code: cs:User:-xfi-; of flag, Linda Munn, Jan Dobson and Hiraina Marsden ...
In the 2008 search to identify the national Māori flag, Te Kara, the New Zealand flag, and the Red Ensign received only 20% of the votes combined. [37] In a hui with the flag consideration panel for the 2015–2016 New Zealand flag referendums, Māori representatives said Te Kara should not be considered as a potential alternative national ...
The flag of New Zealand (Māori: te haki o Aotearoa), also known as the New Zealand Ensign, [1] is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.
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.
[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 ...
A European woman and a Māori chief flank the left and right sides, identifying New Zealand as a bicultural nation (European New Zealanders and Māori). The figures are supported by the silver fern, a native plant. The St Edward's Crown is a reminder that New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. [4] National anthems "God Defend New Zealand"
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: