Signed & Registered Royal Decree Re-Affirms Hawaiian Kingdom Sovereignty — French Polynesian Authorities Acknowledge Receipt

Society Diplomatic Review
Jul 22
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Updated Executive Summary: The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi / Hawaiian Kingdom (PKOA/HK) remains a sovereign state in continuity, unlawfully occupied since 1893, as demonstrated by 19th-century great-power recognitions, President Grover Cleveland’s 18 Dec 1893 confession that the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani “owed its existence to an armed invasion by the United States,” and the 2018 UN memorandum confirming that Hawaiian—not U.S.—law governs under belligerent-occupation rules. That legal pedigree is now powerfully reinforced by the Royal Decree of 27 June 2025, personally signed by HM Mana Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani, embossed with the Kingdom’s Great Seal, and—critically—date-stamped as received by twelve French-Polynesian state organs (including the Haut-Commissariat, Presidency, Gendarmerie, Territorial Assembly, Court of First Instance of Papeete, IEOM and Public Treasury).¹ These official seals constitute third-party acknowledgements that the Decree was duly issued and lodged, thereby adding a chain of contemporary, external “acts of state” to earlier Indigenous treaties with such as the 2018 FANA Nation-to-Nation accords and confirming PKOA/HK’s continuing capacity to legislate, contract and seek remedies for international diplomacy.

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Signed & Registered Royal Decree Re-Affirms Hawaiian Kingdom Sovereignty — French Polynesian Authorities Acknowledge Receipt

Honolulu, Hawaiian Kingdom — 7 July 2025 — His Majesty Mana Aliʻi Nui Aleka Aipoalani today announced the formal registration of the Royal Decree on Peace, Friendship and Diplomacy with French Polynesian civil and administrative bodies, marking a watershed moment in Pacific-wide recognition of Hawaiian sovereignty.

The two-page decree—bearing the Sovereign’s autograph, the Kingdom’s Great Seal in gold, and the scriptural benediction “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9)—was date-stamped between 30 June and 1 July 2025 by:

The High Commissioner of the French Republic
President Moetai Brotherson
Command of the Gendarmerie for French Polynesia
CESC (Economic, Social & Cultural Council)
DTPN (Territorial Directorate of the National Police)
Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia
IEOM (Institute for the Issuance of Overseas Currency)
Public Treasury
SPCPF (Union for Promotion of Communes)
Court of First Instance of Papeete
Regional Customs
All Commune Town Halls of Tahiti

“These reciprocal stamps prove that our diplomatic instruments are neither symbolic nor ignored; they are received, logged and preserved by another sovereign administration,” said HM Aleka. The Decree renews the 1817-23 Maupiti alliance, commissions a Pacific Cultural Embassy network, and mandates global integration of the Kingdom’s Kala digital-currency and biometric-identity systems.