New Zealand Company / United Tribes flag

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Title

New Zealand Company / United Tribes flag

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This flag was made on the Tory during its voyage from England to New Zealand in 1839 and raised at Petone on 30 September. The Tory carried New Zealand Company agents who intended to buy land from Māori. William Wakefield, the principal agent, referred to the flag as the 'colours of New Zealand' and the Tory gave it a twenty-one gun salute. It is possibly one of several used by the Company. DesignThe flag's design was based on a flag adopted by a group of Māori chiefs at Waitangi in 1834 when...

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Image

Date created

1839

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/62255

Related subjects

Pioneers / wool / linen / flags / sewing / New Zealand / Māori / SS Tory / New Zealand Company

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