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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 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 ...
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 ...
A Union Flag defaced with four five-pointed stars. This design was due to a misinterpretation of design instructions. 1874–1908 Flag of the governor of New Zealand A Union Flag defaced with a white circle, with four red stars and the initial 'NZ' at the centre, surrounded by a green wreath. 1908–1936 Flag of the governor of New Zealand
English: Tino Rangatiratanga flag, designed by Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn & promoted by the Maori Patriotic group Te Kawariki. Elements of the flag Te Kawariki's own account of their activities, 20 years of protest action 1979-1999, Te Kawariki, outlines the elements of the Maori flag as follows:
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 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.
Maine opens contest to design a new state flag based on an old classic June 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, but the ...