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English: On 20 March 1834, 25 rangatira (chiefs) from the Far North and their followers gathered at Waitangi to choose a flag to represent New Zealand. A number of missionaries and settlers and the commanders of 10 British and three American ships were also in attendance. Following an address by British Resident James Busby, each chief was called forward in turn to choose a flag, while the son of one of the chiefs recorded the votes.
The preferred design, a flag already used by the Church Missionary Society, received 12 votes, with the other two options receiving 10 and three votes respectively. Busby declared the chosen flag the national flag of New Zealand and had it hoisted on a central flagpole to the accompaniment of a 21-gun salute from the warship HMS Alligator. The above image is of the United Tribes flag from the 'Children of the Country' publication School Journal part 4 no.1, 1967 by Alison Drummond. Archives New Zealand Reference: AAAD W2943/1 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ |
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