Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
'This Waitangi Day we are calling for all people to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag wherever they are to show their support for indigenous rights here in Aotearoa'
'Indigenous brothers and sisters from the Aboriginals to the Navajos have said they will fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in solidarity'
Press Release
Spokesperson for Te Tino Toa, Teanau Tuiono said 'its nothing new for indigenous peoples to be ignored and our aspiration stifled by the Government and their agencies -that has never stopped us'.
'This Waitangi Day we are calling for all people to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag wherever they are to show their support for indigenous rights here in Aotearoa'
'Indigenous brothers and sisters from the Aboriginals to the Navajos have said they will fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in solidarity'
'The flag symbolises the struggle for Maori self-determination and embodies the hopes we have for future generations as a thriving indigenous nation'
'The flag is an embodiment of what we as indigenous peoples wear on the inside, our history and our future.'
'We have received wide support from Maori and non-Maori organisations across the country including schools, environmental organisations and Pakeha New Zealander's.'
'Aotearoa is in a state of change and mainstream New Zealand is ready to acknowledge indigenous rights, that is the challenge that is currently before the Government."
Te Tino Toa is running a competition for the most creative display of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on Waitangi Day.
please email your
pictures to maoriflag@gmail.com
We will be displaying the photos on the aocafe at www.aocafe.com
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Contact
Teanau Tuiono
(027) 4321123
Kiritapu Allan
(021) 2026109
Related
http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz
Comments
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
Sweet can't wait to see those flags fly'n xxx m
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
yo just checking to see this thing's working again?!
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
Sweet. So a bit late now, ngh but hey, better late than never.
This is a call-out for a removal of New Zealand flags from anywhere and everywhere you can find them as a protest against colonial rule in this land.
Removal could be anytime from tonight (the eve of Waitangi) until say March 7th when Maori activist Tame Iti appears in court at Wellington for the defacing of a New Zealand flag. The flag was shot in protest several times with a gun before one of the Tuhoe iwi Waitangi Tribunal hearings in early 2005.
Flags could also be replaced with Tino Rangatiratanga flags or left ripped, burned, shot, muddied, shat on etc below their flagpoles ;o)
Please note: Mr Iti does not (knowingly) support these actions.
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
Tino Rangatiratanga!
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
It appears poor Queen Victoria has given in and decided to hold her own Tino Rangatiratanga flag in Whanganui-a-Tara.
And her wee angel of justice is looking a bit suicidal on it. No bluddy wonder.
Heheh...
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
Pics coming or check it out on Kent Tce yourselves before the cops work out how to get it down heheh
Re: Press Release: Maori Flags over Aotearoa :
Check it out; http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/3953812a6003.html
Not sure if the link will work but it's a story in the Manawatu Standard about how two cousins attending Waitangi celebrations in the Square in Palmy North were asked not to fly their flags by event organisers as they were "political."
Nice way to opress people even more!
Re: Maori Flags over Aotearoa this Waitangi Day
How come it's ok to fly a racist flag in the name of maori, but if I fly a confederate or swastika flag i'm automatically a racist scumbag, even though I am only exercising my rights under article 19 of the UN declaration of human rights. Double standards or what??????
Re: Maori Flags over Aotearoa this Waitangi Day
maoris are like demanding waaaaaay to much these days!…