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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The NZ Series #15 - Tino Rangatiratanga
This beret was made by the Te Kawariti Group, promoters of thetino rangatiratangaemblem, in 1998.
The most contentious phrase from theTreaty of Waitangi, tino rangatiratanga has become something of a rallying cry for proponents of Māori Independence. A rangatira is a chief, the suffix -tanga implies the quality or attributes of chieftainship, and the addition of intensifier tino in this context means the phrase can be translated as 'absolute/unqualified chieftainship'. Its closest English translation is self-determination, although many also refer to it as 'absolute sovereignty' or Māori independence. Such a concept embraces the spiritual link Māori have with Papatuanuku (Earthmother) and is a part of the international drive by indigenous people for self determination. As such, the Tino Rangatiratanga flag is often referred to as the Māori flag. The flag was designed by Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn in 1990.
The tino rangatiratanga movement draws its name from an inconsistency arising between Article One and Article Two of theTreaty of Waitangi.
Daan Kolthoff is a writer, living between the hills of Wellington, New Zealand and, when not writing, meditating or walking the hills, he is usually researching, reading about or ordering berets from around the world.
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