Journey to Aotearoa — Audiences with Customary Chiefs of the Polynesian Nations, 2012
Photographic record of the Kingdom's mission to Aotearoa, including the Pan-Polynesian Investiture upon the marae and audiences with hereditary chiefs
Collection Record
Plates from the Kingdom of Atooi's ceremonial journey to Aotearoa, documenting the formal Pan-Polynesian investiture ceremony convened upon the marae before the carved wharenui, and the private audience with customary chiefs of the Polynesian nations held beside the painted tapa of the meeting house.
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.
Related archive records
Archive records catalogued under the same places and subjects as this collection.
- Aotearoa Cultural Exchange — Aotearoa (New Zealand), 2012 · PKA-JRN-2024-006
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06 — the date this collection entry was last editorially reviewed on this website, not the date of the events depicted.