Logo & Flag


At the meeting in Canada the task of preparing and designing a WINHEC logo was given to Rongo Wetere and Turoa Royal. The final design was presented and accepted along with a flag, at the Inaugural WINHEC Executive Board meeting held in Porirua, Aotearoa in November 2002.

The logo is a stylised figure of a person with their arms reaching upwards.
This represents and symbolises people and the world. It has been suggested that the person is reaching to the sky which links us all. Another view is that this represents hands gently holding the world.

The blue and white colours of the logo represent the sky and clouds. All indigenous peoples of the world can look to the blue of the sky and remember that we are united in our efforts to fulfil the vision and mission of WINHEC.