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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 ...
[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 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]
The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (Māori: He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), sometimes referred to as He Whakaputanga, is a document signed by a number of Māori chiefs in 1835, proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
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.
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.
Proponents of a new flag argued "[t]he current New Zealand Flag is too colonial and gives the impression that New Zealand is still a British colony and not an independent nation." [42] Two referendums were held on the flag in 2015 and 2016, with a 56.6% majority voting to keep the current flag. [43]