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The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH; Māori: Manatū Taonga) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on such.
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. [38] In a hui (assembly) 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 ...
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New Zealand was explored and colonised by Great Britain, European settlement beginning in the late 18th century with the arrival of sealing and whaling crews. The construction of a schooner was started at Luncheon Cove in Dusky Sound in 1790 and completed by castaway sealers in 1795.
The unofficial flag of the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri in Māori; Rēkohu in the indigenous Moriori language) is a blue field with a map of the island in the centre, the Te Whanga Lagoon depicted in white. [1] Behind this device map is a depiction of the rising sun, an allusion to its local name Rēkohu, meaning 'rising sun'.
Although a large proportion of chiefs had signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, there were almost immediately disagreement over British sovereignty of the country, which led to several armed conflicts and disputes beginning in the 1840s, [2] including the Flagstaff War, a dispute over the flying of the British Union Flag at the then colonial capital, Kororareka in the Bay of Islands.
Pita Taufatofua appeared shirtless and in oil for previous Olympics. Here's what he has been up to since and what we know about his participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Protest against the British Crown by repeatedly chopping down flag pole. Eventually leading to the New Zealand Wars. 1845–1872 The New Zealand Wars: North Island A series of conflicts between the British crown, its allies and various Maori tribes. 1881 5 November (invasion of government troops) Parihaka pacifist settlement: Taranaki