Reporting and institutional records published about the Kingdom by others
This page gathers coverage of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi and of Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani published by newspapers, broadcasters and institutions outside the Kingdom. Each entry carries its publication, its date and a link to the original where one is available. Reporting is included whether it is favourable or critical.
Social-media posts, participant accounts and material published by the Kingdom itself are not press coverage and are not listed here; those records are kept in their own places in the archive. The Kingdom's own words are published separately as Official Statements, and Kingdom activity and updates appear under News & Activity.
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News Hidalgo
Municipal coverage of the Hermanamiento de los Pueblos Originarios held at Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, reporting cultural exchange, Indigenous rights and environmental themes, and naming those present.
Additional coverage of the same event
Seneca Nation media
Seneca Nation media coverage of the meeting at Niagara Falls between Seneca Nation leadership and the Aliʻi Nui and Queen Antoinette.
Indigenous & community media
The original publication is held in the Kingdom's files; a public link has not yet been located.Relationships & external engagementBusiness Insider
A photographic profile by Robert Johnson of Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, set against the history of the 1893 overthrow and the 1993 United States Apology Resolution.
Additional coverage of the same event
United Nations — News and Media Division
United Nations Headquarters press conference concerning the Atooi kala, published by the Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, and held at press.un.org.
Additional coverage of the same event
Cook Islands Herald
Cook Islands Herald publication of the Royal Union proclamation, in the wording used by the newspaper. The record is the published report; it stands separately from later and unrelated accounts.
Independent press & profiles
Held as a press cutting in the Kingdom's files; an online copy has not yet been located.Relationships & external engagementPress Archive
Newest first. Coverage located to date; further material is added as it is found.
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News Hidalgo
Municipal coverage of the Hermanamiento de los Pueblos Originarios held at Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, reporting cultural exchange, Indigenous rights and environmental themes, and naming those present.
Additional coverage of the same event
Society Diplomatic Review
Reproduces the Kingdom's release on the Royal Decree of 27 June 2025 carried to Papeʻete and presented at administrative, judicial and customary offices in French Polynesia.
Decree signed 27 June 2025. Release dated 7 July 2025, reproduced on the webpage published 22 July 2025. The release states that the offices concerned date-stamped copies between 30 June and 1 July 2025. Receipt records presentation; it is not registration, acceptance or recognition.
Republished release / external publication
Read original: Signed & Registered Royal Decree Re-Affirms Hawaiian Kingdom Sovereignty, Society Diplomatic Review (opens in a new tab)French Polynesia 2025iLind.net
Reports the dismissal of the charges arising from the January 2019 events at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs headquarters.
iLind.net
Reports the denial of the motion to dismiss and the progress of the case toward trial.
Blue Chip Foundation
Institutional record of the Ethics in Action and Indigenous Peoples convening at the Casina Pio IV, Vatican City, held under the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, in which Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani took part.
Meeting: June 2018, Casina Pio IV. Published: 16 June 2019, as dated on the Blue Chip Foundation page.
International & institutional media
Read original: Ethics in Action and Indigenous Peoples, Blue Chip Foundation (opens in a new tab)Casina Pio IV, 2018RNZ Pacific
Regional reporting on a news conference held near Papeʻete by the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, its flag and currency, and its stated intention to take its case to the United Nations.
Independent press & profiles
Read original: Another self-styled kingdom emerges in Tahiti, RNZ Pacific (opens in a new tab)Honolulu Civil Beat
Reports the debate over penalties following the January 2019 events at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the release of those arrested on $100 bail.
iLind.net
Commentary by journalist Ian Lind on how Hawaiʻi news media covered the January 2019 events and the Kingdom's claims. Critical of the Kingdom.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Daily newspaper reporting on the January 2019 events at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs headquarters in Honolulu, describing the group that entered the building.
Hawaii News Now
Same-day television news reporting of the events at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs headquarters in Honolulu.
Seneca Nation media
Seneca Nation media coverage of the meeting at Niagara Falls between Seneca Nation leadership and the Aliʻi Nui and Queen Antoinette.
Indigenous & community media
The original publication is held in the Kingdom's files; a public link has not yet been located.Relationships & external engagementBusiness Insider
A photographic profile by Robert Johnson of Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani and the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, set against the history of the 1893 overthrow and the 1993 United States Apology Resolution.
Additional coverage of the same event
United Nations — News and Media Division
United Nations Headquarters press conference concerning the Atooi kala, published by the Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, and held at press.un.org.
Additional coverage of the same event
Cook Islands Herald
Cook Islands Herald publication of the Royal Union proclamation, in the wording used by the newspaper. The record is the published report; it stands separately from later and unrelated accounts.
Independent press & profiles
Held as a press cutting in the Kingdom's files; an online copy has not yet been located.Relationships & external engagementThe Garden Island
Kauaʻi reporting in which the Aliʻi Nui speaks publicly following the Superferry arrests and the confiscation of the badge.
Institutional Notice
Coverage is listed for documentation. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of editorial content, and the original material remains the property of its publisher. Publications and journalists who wish to correct an entry may write to the Kingdom through the corrections channel.
