National Māori flag

National Māori Flag
Tino Rangatiratanga, the national Māori flag
Tino Rangatiratanga
Proportion5:9
Adopted2009 (2009)
DesignA flag divided in two by a white koru design, off-centre to the hoist, with a field of black on top and a field of red on bottom.
Designed byHiraina Marsden, Jan Dobson and Linda Munn

The national Māori flag, also known as the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in reference to the concept of tino rangatiratanga, is used to represent the national identity of some of the descendants of precolonial native people of New Zealand. In 2009, the Tino Rangatiratanga flag (also simply Tino) was selected as the national Māori flag after a nationwide consultation. It was first revealed on Waitangi Day in 1990. Though it does not have official status from the New Zealand Government, it has been used by the government on official occasions.

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