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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 flag flying at half-mast from the Matariki Building at University of Canterbury on the day of the death of Sir Edmund Hillary. The Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981 governs the usage of the national flag and all other official flags. [1] This act, like most other laws, can be amended or repealed by a simple majority in ...
e. The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting from the late 13th or early 14th centuries. Over time, in isolation the Polynesian settlers developed a distinct Māori culture. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods ...
In 1834, some chiefs selected a flag now known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand for use on ships originating from New Zealand. The need for a flag of New Zealand first became clear when the merchant ship Sir George Murray, built in the Hokianga, was seized by customs officials in the port of Sydney. The ship had been sailing ...
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 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 ...
Cook's men shot at least eight Māori within three days of his first landing, [66] [67] although he later had good relations with Māori. Three years later, after a promising start, du Fresne and 26 men of his crew were killed. From the 1780s, Māori also increasingly encountered European and American sealers, whalers and Christian missionaries.
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.