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Kina Ohina Muri charged with altering flag

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Kina Ohina Muri charged with altering flag

This newspaper article from 1892 reports on a Māori man, Kina Ohina Muri, being charged for altering the position of a flag that was part of a land survey. Māori often protested against the surveying of tribal land.

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Reference: Auckland Star, 8 February, 1892, p.3

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Malcolm Mullholland, Ngā haki – Māori and flags – Early national flags, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/35199/kina-ohina-muri-charged-with-altering-flag (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm Mullholland, published 30 May 2012.