What is the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi?

The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi is an Indigenous governing body based on Kauaʻi, formed in its present constitution in 1990. It holds that it continues the lineage and legal standing of the Hawaiian Kingdom. That is the Kingdom's own position; it is not a member or observer of the United Nations and holds no instrument of recognition from any state.

Who is the Aliʻi Nui of the Kingdom of Atooi?

Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani is Head of State as designated by the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. The Kingdom maintains a genealogical claim to the aliʻi of Kauaʻi; that lineage is held in Kingdom and custodial records and is not established by an independent published genealogy in this archive.

What is the Kingdom's position on the 1893 overthrow?

United States Public Law 103-150 (1993) acknowledges that the 1893 overthrow occurred without the consent of the Native Hawaiian people. The Kingdom's position is that Hawaiian sovereignty was therefore never lawfully extinguished. The United States position is that Hawaiʻi is a state of the Union, and no court has ruled in the Kingdom's favour on this question. UNDRIP addresses Indigenous peoples generally and is not a recognition instrument.

How is the Kingdom of Atooi related to King Kamehameha and the Hawaiian Kingdom?

The Kingdom asserts descent from the aliʻi lines of the pre-unification kingdoms of Hawaiʻi, and maintains treaties, decrees and a ceremonial record. These are Kingdom-held records; the archive labels each with its evidence class rather than presenting them as independently verified.

Instrument of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi signed at Kapa'a, 8 September 2010

Filed as "Treaty with the Union of the Pacific Nations and PKOA"

Modern PKOA InstrumentPKOA-DR-2010-002

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Official displayed title: Instrument of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi signed at Kapa'a, 8 September 2010
Plain-language title: A 2010 customary instrument signed at Kapaʻa with Pacific island signatories
Permanent archive ID: PKOA-DR-2010-002
Record classification: Modern PKOA Instrument
Instrument type: agreement
Date: 8 September 2010
Date precision: exact
Place: Signed at Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi
Issuing party: Not yet documented in the public archive.
Recipient or counterparty: Signatories described on the face as representatives of Pacific island nations.
Named parties: Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi; Signatories described on the face as representatives of Pacific island nations (names partly illegible)
Signatories and titles, as written: Signature block as written: representatives described as of Pacific island nations, signing alongside the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. Several individual names and titles are illegible in the held copy and are not reproduced here.
Number of pages: 2
Original filename: __Treaty with the Union of the Pacific Nations and PKOA_copy.pdf
File type: PDF
Access status: PUBLIC
Plain-language summary: A two-page ornate calligraphic document. The legible text records a declaration by the undersigned to honour and support the human rights, civil liberties and political autonomy of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, refers to re-establishing autonomous self-governance of the island nation, and names Aleka Aipoalani as crowned King of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi (surrounding wording partly illegible). It closes "Signed September 8, 2010, in Kapa'a, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi" and carries the motto "Pacta sunt Servanda". Further signature lines indicate representatives of other Pacific islands; the calligraphic script defeats reliable machine reading and several names cannot be transcribed with confidence.
Provenance or source: Uploaded to the Kingdom's private document intake on 8 September 2026 as "__Treaty with the Union of the Pacific Nations and PKOA_copy.pdf". The filename indicates a copy; the location of the original is not yet documented in the public archive.
Custodian: Office of the Archive, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
Custodial history: Not yet documented in the public archive.
Redactions: Not yet documented in the public archive.

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What this document establishes

The document establishes that an instrument dated 8 September 2010 was signed at Kapaʻa under the name of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi together with signatories described on its face as representatives of Pacific island nations.

What this document does not establish

This is a customary and organisational instrument. It does not establish formal state recognition, United Nations membership or accreditation, or that any signatory held authority to bind a government. Several signatory names and titles are illegible, so the parties cannot be fully identified from the document, and no counterparty counterpart copy or independent corroboration is held.

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Authenticity-review status: documentation_pending
Reviewing office or archive custodian: Office of the Archive, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
Date added to the archive: 8 September 2026
Date last reviewed: 8 September 2026

SHA-256 preservation hash

11a51b128caef9a91bc4f689ca63b3474cd88f866733a453d71eda44f464e397

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Our Petition Regarding the Trans Pacific Partnership (PKOA-DR-2015-001)
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