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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 ...
Tino rangatiratanga is a Māori language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "self-determination", "sovereignty" and "absolute sovereignty". [1][2] The very translation of tino rangatiratanga is important to New Zealand politics, as it is used in the Māori version ...
The original version of the flag, with eight-pointed stars and black fimbriation, is still used by some Māori groups. The declaration is displayed at the National Library of New Zealand , as part of the He Tohu exhibition, along with the Treaty of Waitangi and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition .
The flag now known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te Whakaputanga o te rangatiratanga 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. It was adopted as a national flag by a group of rangatira (Māori chieftains ...
The United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te W (h)akaminenga o Ngā Rangatiratanga o Ngā Hapū o Nū Tīreni) was a confederation of Māori tribes based in the north of the North Island, existing legally from 1835 to 1840. It received diplomatic recognition from the United Kingdom, which shortly thereafter proclaimed the foundation of the ...
The Tino Rangatiratanga Flag of the Maori sovereignty movement. Recognised as the national Maori flag of New Zealand by the NZ Cabinet in 2009. Date: Flag designed around 1980. Source: Tino Rangatiratanga flag, New Zealand - Maori Flags, Flags of the World. Author: of code: cs:User:-xfi-; of flag, Linda Munn, Jan Dobson and Hiraina Marsden ...
Date. Use. Description. 1962–2022 [6] Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II in New Zealand. A banner of the coat of arms of New Zealand, defaced with a blue disc bearing the crowned letter 'E' in gold. 1869–1874. Flag of the governor of New Zealand. A Union Flag defaced with four five-pointed stars.
A Blue Ensign with the Southern Cross of four white-edged red five-pointed stars centered on the outer half of the flag. [2] Coat of arms. Coat of arms of New Zealand. Adopted in 1911 and revised in 1956 [3] The symbols on the shield represent the country's maritime trade, agriculture and industry.