He maha ngā haki e whakarerea ana i te whakawhitiranga a tētahi tira i te piriti ki Waitangi. Kei runga ko tērā o Te Whakaminenga. Koinei te haki tuatahi o Aotearoa i waihangatia i te tau 1834. Kei runga ko te rīpeka whero o Hato Hōri me te papamuri mā, tae atu ki ngā whetū mā e whā me te papamuri kahurangi. Kei raro iho ko te haki o Te Kotahitanga, ka mutu, he whero, he pango, he mā ōna tae. Kei waenganui ko tētahi patu e hīpae ana i tētahi pepa parchment pea. He whakakaaetanga whakakotahi tō Te Kotahitanga i whai wāhi ai te Māori i te tau tau 19, i karangatia ai he kirihipi. He maha hoki ngā haki o Te Mana Motuhake o Tūhoe (he whero, he mā, he pango, he kākāriki ngā tae) me te Tino Rangatiratanga, he whero, he pango he mā ngā tae, ā, he koru kei waenganui. Nō te tau 2009 ka whakamanahia tēnei haki hei haki Māori ā-motu. Kei konei anō tētahi haki o ngā iwi taketake o Amerika, e pupuri ana i te paipa o te rangimārie, ā, e mau ana hoki i ngā kura ki tōna makawe me te whakamau i ngā kākahu kirikau.
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