Tino Rangatiratanga Māori hat pōtae cap
Tino Rangitiratanga
This design was designed by Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith & Linda Munn.1990 competition winners for the beautiful flag.
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Meaning below
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."
Linda Munn after I asked her about the meaning she said and went on to explain
“…Tino Rangatiratanga epitomises Māori self determination, I kind of explain it as values that we live by to sustain tikanga maori,”.
This Potae is mean quality
- We added adjustable string so to secure fitting and the Hau from Tāwhirimātea
(God of the wind)
- Breathable and long lasting
- One Size fits most Small to big heads 2XL