In the Bay of Islands, New Zeland I visited a placed called Waitangi. In Waitangi the treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the Maoris and the English to create a land where each would be respected. This treaty basically made New Zeland a colony of Britain and gave rights to the Maori to own land, be citizens etc.
What is more intresting is that the Maori chiefs that signed the treaty of Waitangi had in 1834 developed a flag for New Zealand that looks as follows:
According to my guide that day that flag is still considered official and can be flowned together with the commonly known flag of New Zeland:
The first flag that I put up is known as the flag of the United Tribes and was created as the Maori where in a tradding shipped and where stoped by customs in Australia because they didnt have a flag. Maoris where not allowed to put the flag of Britain and thus decided to create the flag of the United Tribes.
According to various Internet Sources there seems to be an argument about changing the flag. Some people argue that the flag does not represent New Zealand and that many people don't associate with it and thus dont "hang it out". In addittion, its too similar to the Australian one and it doesnt represent the Maoris at all.
--- intresting.... :)
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Hey you should update your blog settings :P You dont live in the Hague :O whahah.
Btw i think the first flag looks nice, and yes the other one looks too much to the aussie one :O but well a lot of european flags look alike. Who cares how it looks like, its about the message it sends out and about the thoughts behind it :D
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