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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. [17]
The Tino Rangatiratanga flag, in the traditional Māori colours of red, black, and white. The national colours of the Māori, an indigenous people of Polynesian origin in New Zealand, are black, white and red. [2] On 13 March 1975, the Queen's Service Order was created by royal warrant. [3]
A black flag with a depiction (in white) of a silver fern on the Olympic rings. 1987 Flag of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team. A black flag with a white silver fern. Burgee of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron: A blue triangular flag with a white cross, with the Southern Cross in the canton and a crown in the centre.
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 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.
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 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 flag now known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te Wakaminenga o nga Hapu 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.