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Chatham Islands

• Territory of New Zealand
• own name: Special territorial entity of Chatham Islands
• Maori name: Wharekauri
• Moriori name: Rekohu

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name

Flag

Unofficial flag,
Source, by: Flags of the World





Flag of the Moriori,
Source, by: Flags of the World

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The unofficial flag shows a blue ground. It stands for the ocean and the yellow half-disc for the sun. In the center of the flag is placed a stylized depiction of the main-island Chatham. The flag is unofficial, what means that there is no official approval or legal regulation that states that this flag is to be recognized as a symbol of the island. It comes from a private initiative and is only used by private individuals. Officially, the flag of New Zealand has to fly here.

Source: Volker Preuß

Map

Source: University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuss

Numbers and Facts

Area: 372 square miles

Inhabitants: 600, mostly Maori (2013)

Density of Population: 1,6 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Waitangi (Petre Bay)

official Language: English

other Languages: Maori

Currency: 1 New Zealand Dollar (NZ$) = 100 Cents

Time Zone: GMT + 12:45 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

ca. 1500 · colonization by the Moriori people of the (now almost extinct)

29th of November 1791 · discovered by the British seafarer William Robert Broughton, British appropriation

1835 · Maori from New Zealand invade the islands, the most Moriori become killed

1842 · the achipelago becomes annxed to New Zealand as Chatham Islands

1843 · arrival of German settlers, founding of a German colony by Karl Sieveking, their descendants live until today on the main island

1995 · the island group regains its autonomy and becomes a "Special territorial entity", which not belongs to a region or a district of New Zealand

Source: Wikipedia (D), Wikipedia (EN), World Statesmen

Origin of the Country's Name

When the British seafarer William Robert Broughton discovered the island on 29th of November in 1791, he named it after his ship the "HMS Chatham". This was named after John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, First Lord of the Admiralty.

Source: Wikipedia (EN)