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.

Letter to the President of the World Bank concerning Hawaiian Kingdom funds, 23 March 2020

Reference: World Bank-03/20

Official CorrespondencePKOA-DR-2020-004

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Official displayed title: Letter to the President of the World Bank concerning Hawaiian Kingdom funds, 23 March 2020
Plain-language title: A 2020 letter from the Kingdom to the President of the World Bank
Permanent archive ID: PKOA-DR-2020-004
Record classification: Official Correspondence
Instrument type: correspondence
Date: 23 March 2020
Date precision: exact
Place: Sent from the Hawaiian Islands to the World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Issuing party: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom
Recipient or counterparty: Mr. David Malpass, President of The World Bank
Named parties: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom; Mr. David Malpass, President of The World Bank
Signatories and titles, as written: Signed as written by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom.
Number of pages: 1
Original filename: World_Bank_Letter_0320-06-11-2026-18:18_260611_185133.pdf
File type: PDF
Access status: PUBLIC
Plain-language summary: A one-page letter dated 23 March 2020, reference "World Bank-03/20", addressed to Mr. David Malpass, President of The World Bank, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom, for His Majesty Mana Ali'i Nui Aleka Aipoalani, copied to the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and to Mr. François Villeroy de Galhau, described in the letter as President of the Bank of France. The subject line concerns a claimed sovereign and legal guardianship change for Hawaiian Kingdom funds said to be held in Bank of France accounts, and the letter purports to authorise the opening of a Central Bank of Atooi. Signed "R. Welch, Minister of Foreign Affairs".
Provenance or source: Uploaded to the Kingdom's private document intake on 8 September 2026. Method of transmission, proof of despatch and any reply are not yet documented in the public archive.
Custodian: Office of the Archive, Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi
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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

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United Nations Public Inquiries Team acknowledgement, February 2021 (PKOA-DR-2021-005)

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