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Kōrero: Ngā haki – Māori and flags

Te haki o Te Kamupene Niu Tīreni i te tau 1839

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United Tribes’ flag: New Zealand Company flag, 1839

I hoahoatia mai tēnei haki i runga i te Toryte kaipuke o Te Kamupene Niu Tīreni. He mea tauira te haki nei i tērā o Te Whakaminenga, arā te kara o te motu o Aotearoa i whakamanahia ki Waitangi i te tau 1834. I whakarewaina te haki nei ki Pito-one i te 30 o ngā rā o Mahuru i te tau1839. E ai ki a William Wakefield o te Kamupene Niu Tīreni ko ngā 'kara o Aotearoa'. Heoi i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi ka whakamana kētia e te Pākehā te Haki Uniana hei haki mō Aotearoa. Nā Rūtene Kāwana Hopihana i tono ko te taua pirihimana ki te whakahauraro i te haki i te 30 o ngā rā o Haratua i te tau 1840. Aoake ka whakarewaina te Haki Uniana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: GH002925

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm Mullholland, Ngā haki – Māori and flags – Early national flags, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35195/te-haki-o-te-kamupene-niu-tireni-i-te-tau-1839 (accessed 25 June 2026).

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

Comments

David Foley
22 November 2014
why isnt the united tribs flag flying beside the union jack at parliment building yours sincerely Dave Foley Ngai Tahu decendent