Using the colors of King Kamehameha's personal flag (green, yellow, and red) and the shield design from the Hawaiian seal, this is said to be the Kanaka Maoli flag. Kanaka Maoli is Hawaiian for "true people", and many see this flag as representing the natives:
The main beef they have is kinda obvious, when you see their current flag:
A Union Jack in the canton? Red, white, and blue stripes? Well, that's not exactly a Union Jack, but do you think any other US state has the flag of the UK showing on their own?
One of the main issues is that this flag, with symbols of both the US and UK, represents colonialism, a notion the islands tolerate at best.
It's time for a change, and what better than the Kanaka Maoli flag?
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