What do the colours red white and black mean to Maori?
Ma whero, ma pango, ka oti te mahi.By red and black a job is finished - Many hands make light work.also makes reference to the creation story when rangi and papa were separating by there offspring, white = the light red the blood of there separating bodies' and black the dark.The spirit of unity:"Kotahi i te kohao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro pango, te miro whero"There is only one eye of the needle through which the white, blak and red threads must pass.(After I am gone hold fast to the love, to that which is just, and to the faith.)Potatau Te Wherowhero, first Maori King.