For more information about the years before the Treaty of Waitangi see topics under Pre-1840 contact.
United Tribes flag
Governing New Zealand - background to the Treaty
Governing New Zealand
Choosing a flag - Taming the frontier?
New Zealand’s first flag
Foreshore and seabed hikoi
A protester flies the tino rangatiratanga flag at a hikoi during the New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy. Note also the presence of other flags, including the United Tribes flag.
In April 2004 a hikoi began in Northland in protest against proposed government legislation which would vest ownership of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed in the Crown. The hikoi arrived in Wellington on 5 May 2004, after picking up numerous supporters on the way south.
South African War medal
The back of a 1900 medal commemorating the early part of the South African War. The edge of the medal reads 'Success to New Zealand Contingent 1899-1900'.
The flag depicted is the Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, chosen by northern Maori in 1834. (The current New Zealand Flag became our official flag in 1902.)
The front of the medal shows a portrait of Queen Victoria.
Declaration of Independence - taming the frontier?
He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene: the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
United Tribes flag
A version of the United Tribes’ ensign copied from a plate in a Book of flags, 1845.
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