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The flag in the centre of this image was hoisted at Haurua in Waikato on 3 April 1857 when Pōtatau Te Wherowhero accepted the title of Māori king. It bears the words 'Nui Tireni' (a Māori-language form of 'New Zealand') and three symbols, said to represent the country's three main islands.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, James Cowan Collection (MS-Papers-0039)
Reference: A-138-046
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