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Te Ata Tino Toa: Our vision for the 2020 Olympics
Te Ata Tino Toa: Our vision for the 2020 Olympics
Te Ata Tino Toa Dual Flag Policy
Te
Ata Tino Toa recommends that when a NZ flag is decided upon
by the NZ population, that in public institutions it fly
alongside the official Maori flag.
We call this our
dual flag policy. This policy is based on
the principle of partnership in the Treaty of Waitangi and
enshrined in the NZ coat of arms.
What does this
mean?
For example, at the Olympics:
-
Before the Olympic games, Aotearoa NZ selects two flag
bearers.
- The two flag bearers walk side by side at the Olympics opening ceremony.
- Gold medal
winners will select the flag that they would like to fly at
the medal ceremony – the Maori flag, or the NZ flag.
The IOC guidelines allow ‘athletes to
march behind the flag of their country.’ Te Ata Tino Toa
proposes that the two flag bearers march side by side, or
that NZ alternates between the two flags at each Olympics
opening ceremony.
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