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Kōrero: Ngā haki – Māori and flags

Te Haki o Te Whakaminenga: Ko tā William Yate

United Tribes’ flag: William Yate’s flag

I whakaputaina tēnei whakaahua o te haki o Te Whakaminenga ki roto i te puka a William Yates i te tau 1835, arā, The standard of New Zealand. I roto i tēnei whakaahua e ono noa iho ngā mata o te whetū.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: William Yate, An account of New Zealand and of the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society’s mission in the northern island. London: Seeley and Burnside, 1835, p. 22

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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/mi/photograph/35193/te-haki-o-te-whakaminenga-ko-ta-william-yate (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm Mullholland, i tāngia i te 30 May 2012.

Comments

Raukura Waitai
25 May 2020
Adding to the korero regarding the top flag, as well as the number of points on the stars having changed from 8 to 6, the white outline of the blue squares with the stars on was originally black - not white.