Largest Tino Rangatiratanga flag completed in time for Waitangi Day

5.2.08

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Te Ata Tino Toa Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono commented "Tomorrow the mana of our Flag will be higher than the mana of their Bridge"

BEGINS

This Waitangi day Te Ata Tino Toa will be launching the Maori flag by plane, boat and convoy within the Auckland Harbour Region.

Te Ata Tino Toa spokesperson Tia Taurere said "This year we have put together the largest Tino Rangatiratanga Flag ever made it is 7 metres by 14 metres. We plan to attach it to a plane and take to the skies so that the whole of Auckland can check it out, Comrades will be in boats supporting us from the sea, with the convoy supporting us by land heading over the Bridge "

Taurere continues "The Tino Rangatiratanga flag symbolises the long tradition of struggle and resistance by Maori against colonisation and the Crown sponsored theft of Maori land and resources. It is a symbol used by Maori who continue to resist the pressures of colonisation and cultural and economic genocide. Such a concept embraces the spiritual link Maori have with 'Papatuanuku' (Earthmother) and is a part of the international drive by indigenous peoples for self determination."

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Celebrate the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in your area by organising your own autonomous actions, find creative ways to display the flag (send us photos!

maoriflag@gmail.com). Think about adopting local flag poles for the tino flag, and other high profile places in your area the flag can fly from. Even a sticker for your car will support the kaupapa.



We know the flag is being flown at: Waitangi grounds; the Convoy, Auckland Harbour Bridge; Wahamanga (Marokopa); Otaki College; Te
Kohanga Reo o Puau Te Moananui a Kiwa, Glen Innes; Te Kura Kaupapa o Nga Mokopuna, Taiwere Marae, Te Wânanga o Aotearoa, Rotorua; Auckland University; Mana College (the mural near Maori studies); the whare by the highway 5 mins south of Taumarunui me te maha noa atu o nga waahi; Wellington library (Maori section)


Contact
Tia Taurere: 021 311 815
Irihapeti Hiroki: 021 076 6014

Australia Contact
Sina Brown-Davis 61 3 95048449 or uriohau@gmail

ENDS

Labels: Indigenous Sovereignty, Mana Motuhake, Te Ata Tino Toa, Tino Rangatiratanga, Waitangi Day 2008