Happy Waitangi Day -- February 6
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Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
What the Tino Rangatiratanga flag or Māori flag represents
Black – represents Te Korekore, the realm of Potential Being. It represents the long darkness from whence the world emerged. It represents the heavens. The male element is formless, floating and passive.
White – represents Te Ao Marama, the realm of Being and Light. It is the Physical World. White also symbolises purity, harmony, enlightenment, and balance.
Koru – the curling frond shape, the Koru, represents the unfolding of new life. It represents rebirth and continuity, and offers the promise of renewal and hope for the future.
Red – represents Te Whei Ao, the realm of Coming into Being. It symbolises the female element. It also represents active, flashing, southern, falling, emergence, forest, land and gestation. Red is Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, the sustainer of all living things. Red is the colour of earth from which the first human was made.
The design represents the balance of natural forces with each other. To live life is to live with nature. To appreciate life is to understand nature.
Google's image today: (if you're in NZ)
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Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Once again, The SKMB educates us well!!
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What the Tino Rangatiratanga flag or Māori flag represents
Black – represents Te Korekore, the realm of Potential Being. It represents the long darkness from whence the world emerged. It represents the heavens. The male element is formless, floating and passive.
White – represents Te Ao Marama, the realm of Being and Light. It is the Physical World. White also symbolises purity, harmony, enlightenment, and balance.
Koru – the curling frond shape, the Koru, represents the unfolding of new life. It represents rebirth and continuity, and offers the promise of renewal and hope for the future.
Red – represents Te Whei Ao, the realm of Coming into Being. It symbolises the female element. It also represents active, flashing, southern, falling, emergence, forest, land and gestation. Red is Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, the sustainer of all living things. Red is the colour of earth from which the first human was made.
The design represents the balance of natural forces with each other. To live life is to live with nature. To appreciate life is to understand nature.
There has to be a point in the not too distant future when you can just call it 'Zealand'.
Very educational flakers, thank you! I want seeds from all those plants now.
I didn't know about this day, but I know a lot of people are celebrating Chinese New Year. I must stop buying Chinese sweets or I will lose my teeth.
You just reminded me that I took a photo a couple days ago of a Pohutukawa tree when I was out with the dogs, it's just around the corner from my place.
