Editing Flag of Hawaii (section)

== Other flags ==

=== Flag of the Governor ===
{{See also|Flags of governors of the U.S. states}}
The flag used by the [[governor of Hawaii]] is a red and blue bi-color. In the middle of the eight white stars appears the name of the state in all capital letters. During the time Hawaii was a United States territory, the letters in the middle of the flag were "TH", which stood for "Territory of Hawaii".<ref name="gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaii.gov/hidocs/hawaiinames.html#governor |title=Name and Insignia of Hawaii – Governor's Flag |access-date=October 25, 2007 |date=March 1, 2006 |publisher=Hawaii State Library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070511012617/http://www.hawaii.gov/hidocs/hawaiinames.html#governor |archive-date=May 11, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|Flag of the Governor of Hawaii pre-1959.svg|Standard of the governor before statehood in 1959
|Flag of the Governor of Hawaii.svg|Standard of the governor of Hawaiʻi
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==={{Lang|haw|Kānaka Maoli}} flag ===
[[File:Kanaka Maoli flag.svg|thumb|right|Gene Simeona's {{Lang|haw|Kanaka Maoli}} flag, introduced in 2001]]The {{Lang|haw|[[Native Hawaiians|Kānaka Maoli]]}} ('true people' in the Hawaiian language) design is purported by some to be the original flag of the Hawaiian Kingdom, though this claim is unverified and widely disputed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2008-10-21 |title=What's the Story Behind Hawaii's Flag? |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/whats-the-story-behind-hawaiis-flag/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Hawaii Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pulse |first=Big Island |date=2019-08-20 |title=Kanaka Maoli Flag – Hawaii's Original Flag or Clever Marketing? |url=https://bigislandpulse.com/community/kanaka-maoli-flag-hawaiis-original-flag-or-clever-marketing/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Big Island Pulse |language=en-US}}</ref> It was introduced to the public by Gene Simeona in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-21 |title=What's the Story Behind Hawaii's Flag? |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/whats-the-story-behind-hawaiis-flag/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Hawaii Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> It has nine alternating stripes of green, red, and yellow defaced with a green shield with a {{Lang|haw|puela}} (strip of [[kapa]] bark cloth insignia flown atop the double hulled canoe of the chief) crossed by two paddles.

Gene Simeona claims to have unearthed the Kānaka Maoli flag in 1999. Simeona said he encountered a descendant of [[Lord George Paulet]] who told him about an earlier flag. Simeona claims to have found evidence of the {{Lang|haw|Kanaka Maoli}} flag in the state archives, though any sources he may have used have not been identified.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Anwar |first=Yasmin |date=2001-02-12 |title='Original' flag raises debate |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/12/212localnews29.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604121426/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/12/212localnews29.html |archive-date=2007-06-04 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Honolulu Advertiser}}</ref> Subsequent efforts to verify Simeona's claim have been unsuccessful.<ref name=":1" /> Critics of the claim have pointed to evidence of the widely accepted Hawaiian flag being in existence before the Kanaka Maoli flag.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Kingdom |first=Hawaiian |date=2014-12-13 |title=Origin of the Hawaiian Kingdom Flag |url=https://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/the-origin-of-the-hawaiian-kingdom-flag/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Hawaiian Kingdom Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" />{{Original research inline|date=September 2022}} 
[[File:Loui Agard Hawaiian Flag.svg|alt=A flag with nine stripes alternating black, yellow, and red, with a yellow field in the canton defaced with a kahili crossed by two paddles.|thumb|Flag designed by Louis Agard in 1993, eight years before the Kanaka Maoli flag appeared on public record.]]Louis "Buzzy" Agard had proposed a Hawaiian flag design in 1993 which featured nine alternating stripes and the same [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]] as on the {{Lang|haw|Kanaka Maoli}} flag,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agard |first=Louis "Buzz" |title=He Alo a He Alo – Hawaiian Voices on Sovereignty |publisher=American Friends Service Committee |year=1993 |isbn=9780910082259 |location=Honolulu |pages=108–110}}</ref> leading many to believe it is where Simeona drew his inspiration.<ref name=":2" />

Despite the lack of verification about its historic use, the design is popular among those who prefer its lack of apparent colonial imagery.<ref name=":0" />
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