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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.
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.’ [47] Other criticisms highlight the fact that the rangatira at the vote only represented a small contingent of ...
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 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. [18]
[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 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.
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...
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, [203] it is widely used by Māori groups.