Unnoticed by the public, the Hela Province is flying a new flag. This was
preceded by a huge criticism of the complicated flag. Points of criticism were
the head of the male native, battle axe and club. Demands were made to portray
the female Hela- or Huli-Culture.
https://www.thenational.com.pg/new-flag-design-has-implications/
The new flag is horizontally striped yellow-green-black (2:1:2). In the
centre of the green stripe is a typical brown hat of the native Hela culture. In
the yellow stripe is a red bird of paradise, the symbol of Papua New Guinea.
Five white stars are arranged crescent-shaped in the black stripe. The four
large white stars symbolize the sons, the small white star represents the
daughter of Hela, Hewa.
Note: Oral History suggests that the grand
Ancestor of the Huli was a man named Hela who had 4 sons and a daughter from
which the Hela nation was to emerge. The offspring of Hela were sons Huli, Opene,
Duna, Tuguba and sister Hewa.
The government seal has also been modified.
It shows the figures of the flag on a circle. Around the circle is a white
circle ring with black edges in the black inscription HELA (above) and
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (below). Jens Pattke, 16 July 2019
Papua New Guinea created two new provinces - Jiwaka and Hela, effective 17th
of May 2012. Valentin Poposki, 20 May 2012
Yesterday evening (Melbourne, Aust. time) S.B.S. TV's "World News Australia"
reported the raising of the new P.N.G. Provincial Flag for Hela (formerly part
of Southern Highlands Province), as part of its coverage of the current national
elections. Video of this report can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_qKBfRpLOg. Also, an online "PNG Courier
Post" newspaper photograph of the other new P.N.G. Provincial Flag for Jiwaka
(formerly part of Western Highlands Province) can be viewed at
http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20120518/frhome.htm.
An article about
these two new Papua New Guinea Provincial Flags, and background information,
will be appearing in the near future in Flags Australia's journal "Crux
Australis" later this year. Ralph Bartlett, 26 June 2012
I have selected the frames from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_qKBfRpLOg and reconstructed from this
source the new flag of Hela Province. Jens Pattke, 30 June 2012
A variant of the flag was received as a gift from a local office in Boroko /Port
Moresby (probably with the help of the Belgian Honorary Consul) sent in November
2014 and manufactured in China. Michel Lupant, 1 April 2015
![[Hela Province (Papua New Guinea)]](../images/p/pg-hela19.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 16
July 2019![[Hela Province (Papua New Guinea)]](../images/p/pg-he.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 30
June 2012![[Hela]](../images/p/pg-hela.jpg)
image provided by Michel Lupant, 1 April 2015![[Hela]](../images/p/pg-hela).jpg)
image provided by Michel Lupant, 1 April 2015