Rennell and Bellona Province (Solomon Islands)

Last modified: 2023-12-09 by ian macdonald
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1:2 image by Jens Pattke, 4 October 2009
Source: http://www.onetelevision.com.sb/images/stories/videos/20091002_ew_rennell_world_heritage.flv (no longer available)

• Description of the flag
• Variant flag
• Provincial emblem

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Description of the Flag

Rennell and Bellona is a province of the Solomon Islands comprising two inhabited atolls, Rennell and Bellona, or Mu Nggava and Mu Ngiki respectively in Polynesian, as well as the uninhabited Indispensable Reef. Rennell and Bellona are both Polynesian-inhabited islands within the Solomons, most of the islands being primarily Melanesian with a few Polynesian islands. They are thus considered Polynesian outliers.

The flag is vertically divided light blue, white and light blue (1:1:1). In the center of white stripe is a black naval crown, which is combined from three pirogues. Light blue symbolized the Pacific and the Lake Te Nggano. White presented the peace between Polynesian and Melanesian peoples.
Jens Pattke, 4 October 2009

Variant flag

image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 9 November 2023
based on photo

In the Solomon Games held Mar/Apr 2023 we can see the Renbel province team flying a flag:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=698144978982036&set=pcb.698146795648521, different from the one above. But then in the very same games we see the "old" flag hanging over the podium:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=698145412315326&set=pcb.698146795648521
Paraskevas Renesis, 9 November 2023

Provincial emblem

image locate by Paraskevas Renesis, 9 November 2023