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The flag now known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te Wakaminenga o nga Hapu o Nu Tireni) or Te Kara (Māori for 'the colours') is a flag originally designed by Henry Williams to represent the New Zealand Church Missionary Society.
[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 preferred design, known as the United Tribes flag, received 12 out of the 25 votes, with the other two designs receiving 10 and 3 votes each. Busby declared the United Tribes Flag (also known as Te Kara, the colours) the national flag of New Zealand and had it hoisted on a central flagpole, accompanied by a 21 gun salute from HMS Alligator.
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The amended flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, New Zealand's first flag, gazetted in 1835 and based on the design selected in 1834. It was said to have been flown at the coronation of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero in 1858. Te Wherowhero and other North Island chiefs had been signatories to the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand in the ...
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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.