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Kōrero: Ngā haki – Māori and flags

Te Haki o Te Hokowhitu a Tū: te kara kīngi

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Pioneer Battalion flags: King's Colour

He kara kīngi tēnei i whakawhiwhia e Kīngi Hōri Tuarima ki Te Hokowhitu a Tū i te tau 1919. Nā te mea i whakakorea te taua nei, kāore i whakatapua, i whakawhiwhia, i parikaraunatia rānei e te hokowhitu. I te tau 1939 i tukuna tēnei ki te minita mō ngā take Māori, ā, mai i reira ki te Whare Taonga Tominiana. I te tau 1988 ka rapu haeretia te taonga nei e te kaiārahi whakamutunga o te Ope Rua Tekau Mā Waru e James Hēnare. Nō tana kitenga mai ka whakairotia ki ngā nama me te ingoa o Te Hokowhitu a Tū, ā, he mea parikaraunatia ki mua tonu i te Whakahaerenga Rua Tekau Mā Waru.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Army Museum, New Zealand

Reference: 2001.163

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Malcolm Mullholland, Ngā haki – Māori and flags – Loyalists and flags, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35218/te-haki-o-te-hokowhitu-a-tu-te-kara-kingi (accessed 25 June 2026).

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