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Tino rangatiratanga flag: one among many

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Tino rangatiratanga flag: one among many

The tino rangatiratanga flag was prominent during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi (march) of 2004, when Māori and others protested about the government's plans in this area. Other Māori flags visible in this photo include a Red Ensign (probably a tribal one) at left, the United Tribes flag (bottom right) and the Tūhoe flag (top right).

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Kerryn Pollock, Flags – Māori flags, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33980/tino-rangatiratanga-flag-one-among-many (accessed 29 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 14 March 2012.