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.

United Nations Public Inquiries Team acknowledgement, February 2021

Re: Postmaster General Oceania 03/2020

Submission or InquiryPKOA-DR-2021-005

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Official displayed title: United Nations Public Inquiries Team acknowledgement, February 2021
Plain-language title: A 2021 routine acknowledgement from the United Nations Public Inquiries Team
Permanent archive ID: PKOA-DR-2021-005
Record classification: Submission or Inquiry
Instrument type: correspondence
Date: February 2021
Date precision: month
Place: Sent from the United Nations Secretariat, New York, to an address in Hawaii
Issuing party: United Nations, Department of Global Communications
Recipient or counterparty: Addressee in Hawaii; the name and address are only partly legible in the held copy.
Named parties: Public Inquiries Team, Department of Global Communications, United Nations; Addressee in Hawaii (name and address only partly legible)
Signatories and titles, as written: Signed as written: Public Inquiries Team, Department of Global Communications, United Nations. No individual officer name is legible.
Number of pages: 1
Original filename: UN_Siege_Inquiry-06-11-2026-11:26.pdf
File type: PDF
Access status: PUBLIC
Plain-language summary: A one-page letter on United Nations headquarters letterhead (New York), dated February 2021 (day digit not legible), with the reference line "Re. Postmaster General Oceania 03/2020". In substance it states that on behalf of the Secretary-General the Public Inquiries Team thanks the writer for the letter referred to that office for reply, has read and noted its contents, regrets that the Secretary-General's official duties prevent a personal reply, and expresses appreciation for the writer's interest in the work and goals of the Organisation. Signed "Public Inquiries Team, Department of Global Communications". The scan also shows a mailing envelope with a February 2021 postal marking and a partly legible Hawaii address.
Provenance or source: Uploaded to the Kingdom's private document intake on 8 September 2026 as "UN_Siege_Inquiry". The underlying letter sent to the United Nations is not held with this item.
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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Public corroboration status

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What this document establishes

The document establishes that a submission was sent to the United Nations and that the Public Inquiries Team of the Department of Global Communications issued a routine acknowledgement in February 2021.

What this document does not establish

An acknowledgement of correspondence establishes receipt only. It is not a United Nations finding, investigation, decision, endorsement or recognition, and it does not establish United Nations membership, accreditation or consultative status. It does not establish that the matters raised in the submission were accepted, examined or acted upon, and it is not formal state recognition of the Kingdom.

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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

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Related records

Letter to the President of the World Bank concerning Hawaiian Kingdom funds, 23 March 2020 (PKOA-DR-2020-004)

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