Revealed in the presence of PNGOC partners, representatives of National Federations and Team PNG athletes, the new emblems feature a stylised version of the Bird of Paradise or "Kumul" - Papua New Guinea’s national symbol - in the colours of the country’s national flag.

They are said to reflect the organisation’s new direction as it aims to inspire and unite Papua New Guinea through sporting excellence and success.

The PNGOC also serves as Papua New Guinea’s Commonwealth Games Association as well as its Pacific Games Association.

This means that it has four different emblems - one for each Games and one for Team PNG.

They have all been redeveloped in an attempt to capture the purpose of the PNGOC, while at the same time maintaining their identity for each of the movements they represent.

"We wanted to have consistency in our emblems so that there is no confusion about who we are every time we use one of our logos for the Games," said PNGOC secretary general, Auvita Rapilla.

"Just like Team PNG unifies our nation when competing, we want to unify our emblems under Team PNG."

The unveiling comes at the time when the PNGOC is finalising its Rio 2016 team uniforms, which will feature the new emblems.

"We are excited about going to Rio and the unveiling of these emblems adds to the excitement," said Team PNG Chef de Mission Emma Waiwai.

"This is our identity to the world and we look forward to showing our colours in Brazil."

Among the PNGOC representatives in attendance at the event in Papua New Guinea's capital were President Sir John Dawanincura and chairman of fundraising, Syd Yates. 

Junior Rorosi, who initially designed the bird in the emblem, was also present.