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.

Two classes of record

Historical Hawaiian Kingdom Record

Material originating with the Hawaiian Kingdom as a historical state — its institutions, laws, treaties, decrees, and governmental activity.

Contemporary Atooi Record

Material of the modern Kingdom — its leadership, ceremonies, missions, agreements, correspondence, and Kingdom-issued instruments.

Historical Hawaiian Kingdom records document the institutions, laws, diplomacy, and governmental activity of the historical Kingdom. Their inclusion does not by itself establish the authority of any particular contemporary claimant. Contemporary claims of continuity, succession, genealogy, or authority are documented separately.

Methodology Legend

Recognition & Relationships

The archive distinguishes five categories of relationship and authority. They record different kinds of relationship; they are not a scale.

Traditional chiefly and Indigenous recognition described in this archive reflects customary relationships and authority within the relevant cultural systems. These forms of recognition are distinct from formal diplomatic recognition by contemporary nation-states. That distinction is stated here once and is not repeated after each entry.

Traditional Chiefly & Royal Recognition

Recognition extended within Indigenous and traditional systems of chiefly authority, according to customary protocol.

Traditional / Customary Recognition: Recognition extended through customary protocol, kinship, and traditional authority — including recognition by chiefs, elders, kūpuna, and customary custodians. It is documented in the terms in which it was expressed and is governed by traditional practice.
Royal / Chiefly Relationship: A relationship between hereditary, royal, or chiefly houses, expressed through protocol, audience, exchange, or shared observance.
Ceremonial Recognition: Recognition expressed through ceremony, reception, investiture, anointing, welcome, or the presentation of regalia, staffs, or chiefly insignia. It records recognition in customary form, carrying the cultural meaning attached to it by that tradition.

Indigenous Nation Relationships

Treaties, accords, declarations, ceremonies, and bilateral relationships with Indigenous nations and traditional governments.

Indigenous Nation Relationship: A documented relationship or accord between the Kingdom and another Indigenous nation or Indigenous body, concluded on the parties' own authority. Such an accord binds its signatories.
Cultural Diplomacy: Dialogue, exchange of cultural material, performance, teaching, or gifts undertaken between peoples and institutions. Cultural diplomacy evidences relationship in practice.

Government-Official Engagement

Documented meetings, correspondence, receipt of instruments, or engagement involving officials of contemporary governments.

Government Contact: Documented contact with a government office, agency, court, or official — correspondence, receipt, presentation, or a meeting. Contact is recorded as contact; it is not registration, endorsement, or acceptance by that government.
Institutional Relationship: A documented relationship with a non-governmental institution — academic, ecclesiastical, civic, professional, or non-profit.

International Forum Activity

United Nations-related events, international conferences, summits, press activity, and institutional forums.

United Nations Activity: Attendance at, or participation in, United Nations premises, forums, or side activities. The Kingdom holds no accreditation, consultative status, or membership, and attendance at a venue is not an act of the organisation.

Formal State Recognition

Reserved for formal recognition by a contemporary sovereign state, and recorded only where an instrument exists.

Formal State Recognition: An explicit act of recognition by a sovereign state, evidenced by an instrument of recognition, a treaty of recognition, or an equivalent official act. The archive holds no such instrument extending formal state recognition to the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi.

These categories represent different forms of relationship and should not be treated as interchangeable.

Traditional, Indigenous, royal, and chiefly recognition is documented on its own terms and is not treated as insignificant merely because it differs from modern interstate diplomatic recognition.

Diplomatic Dossier · International Engagement

Engagement on theInternational Record

Documented instances of official correspondence with government offices, cultural and customary recognition by traditional authorities, treaty engagement, and international consultation surrounding the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. No state or international body has extended formal recognition to the Kingdom; each entry below is labelled with what it does and does not establish.

Last substantively reviewed: July 2, 2026

Section I · Featured Document

Royal Decree · December 2025Official Correspondence

The 2025 French Polynesia Royal Decree

In 2025, a Royal Decree of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom was carried to Papeʻete and presented for record at a range of French Polynesian administrative, judicial, and customary offices, each of which received and date-stamped a copy.

The decree is preserved with its receipt stamps as an archival document.

Presented for RecordPapeʻete, June 2025French Polynesia

Read the Full Decree Kingdom Record of the Decree

Royal Decree document, ceremonially presented

Section II · Polynesian Unity

Indigenous Recognition Across the TriangleTradition

One Sovereign Voice for Polynesia

Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani's stated mission is the peaceful unification of Polynesia under one sovereign voice. According to the Kingdom's own account, some indigenous elders in Tahiti, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and Aotearoa (New Zealand) have described him in terms drawn from prophetic tradition. These accounts are not independently documented and are not a form of political, legal, or diplomatic recognition.

Tahiti

Rapa Nui

Aotearoa

Polynesian leaders in dialogue with the Aliʻi Nui

Section III · Registered Treaties

Cultural & Customary Cooperation

Customary Agreements with Indigenous Nations & Customary Authorities

The Kingdom of Atooi has concluded instruments of friendship and cooperation with indigenous nations and customary authorities. They are held on the public record as bilateral instruments between the parties that signed them. They are not treaties with United Nations member states, and no state has extended formal recognition to the Kingdom on their basis.

View the Treaty Register

Section IV · Documented Consultation

Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani in consultation during the Ethics in Action and Indigenous Peoples convening — Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani · Ethics in Action Convening

Ethics in Action · Indigenous PeoplesTradition

A Recorded Meeting on Sustainable Development

The Kingdom has sought outside policy counsel on sustainable development and indigenous rights, and its delegation attended a convening held in connection with the Ethics in Action / Indigenous Peoples initiative. This page records attendance only. No advice, consultation, endorsement, or advisory relationship is attributed to any individual, and no participant is named here.

View the Source Record

Section V · United Nations Engagement — Internal Goals

Permanent Forum (UNPFII) · Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) · Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

UN Engagement — Internal Goals, Not a Status

The items below are internal organizational goals of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi. They are not a status, an application, or a proceeding. Nothing has been filed with the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the UN Human Rights Council under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), or the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); no consultative status has been granted; no UN document symbol exists for the Kingdom; and no UN member state has extended formal state recognition. The Kingdom's engagement record to date — attendance and visits only — is maintained on the Kingdom UN Engagement Record page.

ECOSOC Consultative Status — internal goal, not filed

The Kingdom intends to file for NGO consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. No application has yet been filed.

UNPFII Participation — internal goal, not filed

The Kingdom intends to seek participation in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Registered participation has not to date been recorded on the UNPFII roster.

UNDRIP Article 3 Submission — internal goal, not filed

The Kingdom intends to file a self-determination submission under UNDRIP Articles 3 and 4 with the UN Human Rights Council and EMRIP. No submission has yet been filed.

Bilateral Recognition — internal goal, not filed

The Kingdom seeks bilateral recognition from UN Member States. No UN Member State has to date extended formal state recognition to the Kingdom.

International Framework & UNDRIP Kingdom UN Engagement Record

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Last substantively reviewed: September 6, 2026 · Research & Documentation Standards