Meeting with the Governor of Hawaiʻi — Honolulu, 2023
Photographic record of the honi ihu exchanged between His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui and the Honourable Josh Green, Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi
Collection Record
Plate documenting the meeting recorded within the koa-panelled office of the Honourable Josh Green, Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi, recording the honi ihu — the customary Polynesian exchange of breath — between the Governor and His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, bearing the black ceremonial top hat of the Crown. The archive holds no invitation, proclamation, programme, or other government-issued document for this meeting; the photograph documents the encounter only and does not evidence governmental recognition of the Kingdom.
Photographic Evidence
What a photograph may establish
Presence, a meeting, a ceremony, a delegation, a gathering, and shared participation, as recorded in the image and its caption.
What a photograph alone does not establish
Formal state recognition, government endorsement, recognition by the United Nations, interstate treaty status, or legal jurisdiction.
Traditional, ceremonial, and cultural significance recorded in these plates is documented on its own terms and is not diminished by this note.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06 — the date this collection entry was last editorially reviewed on this website, not the date of the events depicted.