Tino Rangatiratanga Flag

Identity and Pride Flags

The Maori sovereignty flag of New Zealand, designed in 1990 and recognised as a national Maori flag in 2009.

Hoist Ratio 3:5 Fly

Basic Flag Information

Flag Name	Tino Rangatiratanga Flag
Category	Identity and Pride Flags
Adopted On	1990
Designer	Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn
Flag Proportion	3:5
Flag Shape	Rectangle
Number of Colors	3
Main Colors	Black, White, Red
Design Type	Black over red with a white koru

Flag Color Information

Color	Appearance	HEX Code
Black		#000000
White		#FFFFFF
Red		#CC0000

Flag Design and Symbols

Black colour	Represents Te Korekore, the realm of potential being
White colour	Represents Te Ao Marama, the realm of being and light
Red colour	Represents Te Whei Ao, the realm of coming into being, and the earth mother
Koru	The unfurling silver fern frond, standing for new life, renewal and hope for the future

About the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag

The Maori sovereignty flag of New Zealand, designed in 1990 and recognised as a national Maori flag in 2009.

WorldFlags.online keeps this design in the Identity and Pride Flags collection rather than presenting it as a current sovereign-state flag. That category determines how dates, status and reuse guidance should be read.

Design and construction

Black over red with a white koru; recorded proportion 3:5.

Reference palette

The stored palette is Black (#000000), White (#FFFFFF) and Red (#CC0000). These values are reference values for the artwork in this library and should not be treated as a legal colour specification unless the issuing body publishes one.

Symbols and meaning

Koru: The unfurling silver fern frond, standing for new life, renewal and hope for the future.

Date and authorship

The record dates the design to 1990. The designer is recorded as Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn.

Why this record is separate from national flags

Historical, organisational, political, identity, religious, regional and signal flags can be important reference material without having the status of a present-day national flag. Keeping those categories separate makes the library clearer and reduces the risk of presenting a historical or protected emblem as a current national symbol.

Verification sources

Flags of the World — specialist flag reference index — Specialist vexillological reference

Facts about the Flag of Tino Rangatiratanga Flag

Tino Rangatiratanga Flag is filed under Identity and Pride Flags rather than the current national-flag index.
The recorded construction is black over red with a white koru.
The reference proportion is 3:5.
The stored palette contains Black, White and Red.
The record dates this design to 1990.
The designer is recorded as Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn.
Koru: The unfurling silver fern frond, standing for new life, renewal and hope for the future.
The Maori sovereignty flag of New Zealand, designed in 1990 and recognised as a national Maori flag in 2009.

Frequently asked questions about the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag

What is the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag?

The Maori sovereignty flag of New Zealand, designed in 1990 and recognised as a national Maori flag in 2009.

What type of flag is the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag?

It is catalogued under Identity and Pride Flags rather than the current sovereign-state flag index.

What does the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag look like?

Black over red with a white koru, with a recorded proportion of 3:5.

What proportion is recorded for the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag?

The reference proportion stored for this record is 3:5.

Which colours are recorded for the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag?

The reference palette lists Black #000000, White #FFFFFF and Red #CC0000.

What do the symbols on the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag mean?

Koru — The unfurling silver fern frond, standing for new life, renewal and hope for the future.

When is the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag dated or adopted?

The record gives 1990.