Choosing a flag - New Zealand History
Historian Gavin McLean has described the flag selected in March 1834 as a ‘flag of convenience for the protection of European-owned New Zealand trading vessels’. Over time it acquired a more complex symbolism, becoming seen as ‘the Māori flag’ and being used as a symbol of protest later in the 19th century.
National Māori flag - Wikipedia
The Ethnic Māori flag uses the colours: black, red ochre, and white or silver.Each of the colours references a realm in the creation story of Māori mythology: black is Te Korekore (potential being), red is Te Whai Ao (coming into being), and white is Te Ao Mārama (the realm of being and light). [1] The design features a koru (Māori for fern frond), a …
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The flag became known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand. Busby hoped that the flag would encourage Māori to act collectively, and in 1835 many of the chiefs involved went on to sign the Declaration of Independence, in which they declared themselves the …
Acceptance of this flag became, in Tangata Whenua (Māori) understanding, the recognition of the “Mana’ of Aotearoa (NZ)”. The flag was flown in Waitangi 1834 to 1840.
Ngā haki – Māori and flags - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New …
Historically, for many Māori, flags were symbols of mana. They can also indicate where certain allegiances lie, for example with the Crown or with Māori independence movements. The Māori words for flag are ‘kara’, from ‘colour’, or ‘haki’, from ‘Jack’ – an abbreviation of ‘Union Jack’.
Ngā haki – Māori and flags: Early national flags - DigitalNZ
Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand The need for a state flag arose in the 1830s for New Zealand trading ships. The Sir George Murray, part-owned by northern chiefs Patuone and Taonui, flew a kaitaka (woven mat) at the masthead in lieu of a state flag.
New Zealand - Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (1834)
"The United Tribes flag acted in part as a unifying symbol for many of the Maori chiefs who a year later in 1835 signed the Declaration of independence. Britain, in recognising the flag, had also acknowledged the mana* of the chiefs.
Page 2. Māori flags - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The United Tribes’ flag (1834) can be seen as the first Māori flag, but it was not designed by Māori. Indigenous flags emerged in the lead-up to the New Zealand wars of the mid-19th century. Māori recognised the symbolic power of the Union Jack and …
United Tribes of New Zealand - Wikipedia
On 20 March 1834, the three designs were put to 25 northern Maori chiefs at Waitangi by Busby and Captain Lambert of the man-of-war HMS Alligator. By a vote of 12–10–3, the design now widely known as the United Tribes Flag was chosen. [18]
Tino rangatiratanga flag - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
On 14 December 2009, Cabinet recognised the Tino Rangatiratanga flag as the preferred national Māori flag and noted it would complement the New Zealand flag. The Tino Rangatiratanga flag was developed in 1989 by members of the Te Kawariki group.