The Living Hawaiian Kingdom
The Hawaiian Kingdom Still Exists
The Hawaiian Kingdom National Government (Ke Aupuni o Hawaii) is the lawful
government for the archipelago known and titled, The Hawaiian Islands (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina).
The Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as a sovereign nation despite the 1893 unlawful
seizure of Hawaii by a treasonous group of white businessmen, aided by the U.S. military; and
the more than a century-long illegal occupation by the United States.
Brief Background
King Kamehameha the Great originally established the Hawaiian Kingdom Government
as an Absolute Monarchy in 1810. In 1840, during Hawaii’s transformation to Christianity, King
Kamehameha III, promulgated a Constitution for the Hawaiian Islands. This changed Hawaii’s
civil government from an Absolute Monarchy into that of a National Constitutional Monarchy.
The Constitution also acknowledged “the laws of Jehovah God” (Biblical Law) as the supreme
authority to which all the laws of Hawaii are to conform. The Kingdom adopted the English
and American Common Law as the format for the Hawaiian judicial system. The Hawaiian
National Constitution provides for a Legislative Branch, a Judicial Branch and an Executive
Branch with distinct separation of powers and appropriate checks and balances.
The Monarch (King or Queen) under Jehovah God is the Head of State, the Chief
Executive, and the Commander in Chief of the Kingdom’s Military Forces. The Monarch
receives counsel and administrative assistance from his appointed Cabinet Council.
The bi-cameral legislature (House of Representatives and House of Nobles) created,
adopted and periodically revised the laws of the land, embodied in the Organic Laws, Session
Laws, Civil Codes, and Penal Codes, etc., for the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The apex of the judicial system is the Supreme Court for the Hawaiian Islands with its Chief
Justice and Associate Justices activated in 1996. The lesser courts are the Circuit and District or
Police (also called, Justice) Courts, along with magistrates, the Attorney General’s Office,
Marshal, deputies and other law enforcement personnel.
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Revival of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government
Lawful Re-activation
The Hawaiian Kingdom National Government lay in a state of dormancy (alive, but asleep)
for a hundred years, from the 1893 overthrow until the 1993 admission of unlawful
international trespass and formal apology by the United States. Following the apology, various
Hawaiian National Citizens (Subjects) and nationally focused entities initiated lawful filings and
notices declaring the re-activation of the Hawaiian Kingdom and began efforts to rebuild the
independent, self-governing Hawaiian National Government. Various potential monarchs,
privy councils and other components of governing entities arose, including what is now known
as Ke Aupuni o Hawaii. Unlike the other entities, Ke Aupuni o Hawaii Nei, in October 1996, reactivated the Supreme Court for the Hawaiian Islands and its judicial law system as affirmed under
the 1892 Revision of the Judiciary, An Act, under Hawaiian National “common law”. This
sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom National Government was re-activated with proper legal public
notices, announcements, and filings in September and October of 1996. Thus, the mechanism
and authority to administrate and execute the laws of Hawaii’s National Government was
revived, providing the proper authority upon which the Hawaiian Kingdom and its people
could again function as a lawful society.
Ke Aupuni o Hawaii is the lawful Government of Hawaii because, unlike other
claimants, operates under Biblical authority (“the laws of Jehovah God”). It also is the sole
entity whose Courts function under de juré judicial authority in accordance with, and subject to,
the Constitution and civil laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The re-activated Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom, functions in exigency
(emergency), in accordance to the Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution and Laws that existed prior
to the 1893 illegal seizure of Hawaii. Despite the occupying presence of the United States, these
laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom and Nation are still alive today. Over the past decade,
notifications were duly served upon the various agencies of the foreign occupying, de facto
governing entities, the general public and the international community, that the National
Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Ke Aupuni o Hawaii, is de juré (lawful) and functioning
under the Constitution and laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom Nation, at peace with all nations. In
addition, this Hawaiian Kingdom National Government can affirm that the numerous treaties,
covenants and conventions enacted between the Hawaiian Nation and foreign nations were
never canceled, and thus, remain valid and in force.
Executive Branch - Cabinet Council Activated
The initial part of government re-activation by the Hawaiian People was the Cabinet
Council consisting of the Offices of the Ministy of the Interior; the Ministy of Finance; the
Ministy of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney General. In the event of a vacancy of the seat of
the Monarch (the Chief Executive and Head of State), the Cabinet Council acts as the Regent of
State, until such time that the vacancy can be lawfully filled.
All who serve on government offices are Hawaiian Nationals, under proper, lawful
oaths of Office, with authority, under the Hawaiian Kingdom National Government
Constitution and laws. Other ministry offices may be added at the discretion of the Monarch
and with legislative approval. There are also lawfully functioning deputies and agency
personnel. The Monarch may also form a broader advisory group called the Privy Council of
State, which includes, ex officio, the Members of the Cabinet Council. At the present time, this
Government functions in a lawful state of interregnum.
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Judicial Branch - Supreme Court Activated
The Supreme Court for the Hawaiian Islands and the judicial branch of Hawaiian National
Government were formally re-activated in October of 1996 (supra) a Chief Justice of the Court
appointed and sworn into Office. With the Supreme Court for the Hawaiian Islands re-activated as
the authentic and proper court of jurisdiction for the archipelago, all the laws of the Kingdom
once again apply within that jurisdiction.
Legislative Branch – Pending Activation
Currently the Government is functioning lawfully in exigency, without the Legislative
Branch. Once the roster of National (confirmed) Citizens is of a sufficient size, elections will be
lawfully held and the Legislature seated. At this point, the Legislature will resume conducting
its law-making duties in behalf of the Nation’s Citizens, choosing the Monarch, confirming
appointments and so forth, within the lawful processes proscribed by the Hawaii Constitution.
Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals
The most crucial ingredient of a nation is its people. Without people, a nation cannot
exist. Since 1993, through various means, thousands of people have made formal declarations of
their citizenship within the Hawaiian Kingdom. These are Hawaiian Nationals. Many more
have not taken formal action but still consider their nationality as Hawaiian.
Nationality is determined by the country to which one is born or belongs, not by one’s
race or ethnicity. Thus, Hawaiian Nationals (a.k.a. Subjects or Citizens) become such in one of
three ways: 1) by birth (one born in the Hawaiian Islands or to Hawaiian Nationals living
abroad); 2) by naturalization (an adult who has taken the legal steps to renounce nationality to
his former country to become a Hawaiian National); or 3) by becoming a denizen (dual citizen)
(an adult who chooses to retain his prior citizenship and under Oath, to also become a
Hawaiian National). Hawaiian Nationals are domiciled under the de juré, Hawaii’s National
Laws, their lawful birth names and birthrights. Furthermore, Hawaiian Nationals (except for
Denizens) have lawfully separated themselves from citizenship in — and other contractual
adhesions to — foreign political entities (including the United States Federal Government that
currently, and unlawfully, occupies the Hawaiian Islands).
Goals and Objectives
Independence
Our Government’s primary objective is to achieve full restoration of the Hawaiian
Kingdom National Government as an independent, “neutral” nation, as it existed previously,
operating for the benefit of the People of Hawaii. This requires that the Hawaiian Kingdom
National Government build its citizenship base and the mechanisms necessary to govern and
provide lawful order, peace and security for its people.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure for day-to-day operations already exists in the de facto State of Hawaii.
Numerous state departments are already in place to deliver vital public services like roadways,
water systems, building codes, harbors and airports, and so forth. The transition from the State
of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Kingdom National Government will bring these public services under the
control, management and jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Nation. The most challenging problem
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that needs to be addressed will be the issue of land titles. This will take much time, patience and
extraordinary wisdom to sort out and clarify in a manner that would be just and equitable for
those with legitimate claims and those who were innocent victims of fraud.
International Affairs
As a sovereign nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom National Government will once again
conduct foreign relations in the world community, maintaining friendly reciprocal agreements
with all other nations, including the United States. To accomplish this, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs will work to persuade the United States that it would be in its best interest to gracefully
relinquish its unlawful and morally wrong claim to Hawaii and set timetables to begin making
a peaceful and orderly withdrawal.
National Finances
The Hawaiian Kingdom National Government will develop entrepreneurial systems to
provide revenues to support its government operations so that the fiscal reliance will be on
proceeds from trade and commerce rather than individual income taxes. To achieve this, the
Hawaiian Kingdom will develop business-friendly policies and support mini and micro
entrepreneurship, as well as developing Hawaii as a Pacific Trade Center, including a Pacific
stock exchange and central and clearinghouse international banking services.
Government Activities and Campaigns
The first priority for Ke Aupuni’s activities is to rebuild the Hawaiian Nation. To achieve
this, the various components of government have been active in the following ways:
Ministry of the Interior – At this time, the primary task of this ministry is to rebuild the
people-base of the nation. This Ministry of the Interior has been involved in educating the
public, providing citizenship information and assisting people in claiming their citizenship
and providing proper documentation to register them as Hawaiian Nationals. Interior also
provides registration of automobiles, vessels, businesses, etc. issuing various certificates,
business licensing and documentations. The Ministry of the Interior is also in the process of
re-establishing physical control over the lands and seas of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
Ministry of Finance – The Ministry of Finance is primarily involved in devising strategies to
reactivate the fiscal means for the nation and the citizens of Hawaii to operate; namely:
reviving the Treasury of the Hawaiian Kingdom and Hawaii Postal Savings Bank; the financial
services for the Government and the general public; reviving the tax system and creating
enterprises to provide a revenue flow into the Hawaiian Kingdom. Reparations for the
century-long illegal occupation will play a large role in the financial operations of the
Hawaiian Kingdom National Government.
Attorney General – This Office provides counsel to the Government. It also has the primary
duty to provide counsel, filings and legal strategies to protect the Hawaiian Kingdom
National Citizens who are being wrongfully persecuted in unlawful foreign law
jurisdictions. The Attorney General produces documents consistent with Hawaiian
Kingdom National laws in issuing lawful notices and filings to de facto State and U.S.
Federal agencies and representatives, in the assertion of Hawaiian Kingdom National
jurisdiction. The Attorney General is preparing the national case to charge and try for
treason, (in the Supreme Court for the Hawaiian Kingdom) the members of the “Committee of
Safety,” et al. The Attorney General is preparing to try in Hawaiian Kingdom Courts, cases
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regarding land issues, flagrant violations of Hawaiian National laws, and the wrongful
persecution of Hawaiian Nationals by U. S./State of Hawaii courts, etcetera.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been pursing diplomatic
relations with other nations, particularly renewing those that have treaties with the
Hawaiian Kingdom. This ministry maintains foreign correspondence, negotiates trade
agreements and other activities on behalf of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The ministry issues
documentation (passports, etc.), oversees protocols for foreign legations in Hawaii and
establishes Hawaiian legations overseas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the lead agency
in charge of developing and executing a plan for the and peaceful withdrawal of the U.S.
from the Hawaiian Islands and for reparations due to the illegal occupation.
Supreme Court – The Supreme Court, provides the proper venue to exercise the lawful
authority of the Hawaiian National Constitution and the Kingdom laws and to assert the
jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom National Government. Rebuild the judicial system by
educating and recruiting and qualifying competent judges, court clerks, officers and staff to
populate the various courts, et cetera. The Supreme Court is also in the process of reviewing
and validating actions taken by various kupuna councils, tribunals and other courts
operating in exigency on behalf of the Peoples of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Preparations are
being made to adjudicate land cases and so forth, in the Hawaiian Kingdom National
Courts.
Caveat:
Currently, the hostile occupation of Hawaii by the United States and its puppet
corporate construct, the STATE OF HAWAII, makes it troublesome and too risky for many to
live openly and fully as Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals. The U.S. and State of Hawaii have
adopted illegal policies to forcibly suppress the Hawaiian independence movement by using
U.S. courts and law enforcement agencies to arrest, prosecute and punish (through the use of
fines, prison, torture, confiscation of property, criminalization, defamation of character…) those
Hawaiian nationals who choose to abide by the laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, not the laws of
the occupiers. This policy of suppression is expected to continue until the United States admits
to its unlawful occupation status in Hawaii, and agrees to a peaceful and orderly withdrawal
from the Hawaiian Islands.
Summary:
The Hawaiian Kingdom is actually a theocracy established in Hawaii through the
covenant embraced in the hearts of the people during Hawaii’s Great Awakening and as declared
in the 1840 Constitution for the Hawaiian Islands, placing God’s laws and the Spirit of God’s laws
as the standard over all the laws of the Hawaiian Islands. This covenant is the spiritual and
moral authority upon which the Nation of Hawaii stands and continues through today.
The United States’ occupation of Hawaiian National territory is categorically unlawful.
Therefore, despite the 114 years of insurgent and foreign occupation, the sovereignty of the
Hawaiian Nation was never extinguished. Thus, by international standards, the Hawaiian
Kingdom is in continuity (still in existence), as a sovereign, independent nation-state.
Ke Aupuni o Hawaii Nei (the Hawaiian Kingdom, the national government) is the
lawful government, re-activated through lawful means, to govern this sovereign, peaceful,
neutral nation-state in-continuity called, Ko Hawaii Pae Aina (the Hawaiian Islands).
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The Executive Branch has been re-activated with a (pro tem) Monarch (Chief Executive
and Head of State) whose constitutional powers and duties are administratively assisted by the
pro tem Cabinet Council of State.
The Judicial Branch was re-activated both through lawful notices and filings; and
through actual court proceedings, operating under the Hawaiian Kingdom National
Constitution and laws.
The lawful reactivation, by the people, of the Legislative Branch and full empowerment
of the other branches, is pending the attainment of a large enough National Citizen body politic.
The reinstatement of the Monarch is awaiting the activation of the legislature, which has
the constitutional authority to elect someone to fill the vacancy.
The remedy to the problem of the United State’s occupation will be found by
applying God’s principles and provision for reconciliation: ho’oponopono. The strategy
is to reach an amicable, peaceful agreement that provides the United States the means
to withdraw in a graceful and orderly fashion, and provides Hawaii with the means to
transition into full self-governance.
CONTACTS:
For information concerning the process to formally become a Hawaiian National (Hawaiian
Citizen) and to acquire documentation as such, contact:
Mr. KeAloha Aiu
Deputy Minister of the Interior
Ke Aupuni o Hawaii
999 Wilder Avenue, Suite 1701
Makiki, Oahu, Hawaii Nei [96822}
Or call: (808) 521-5430
For more information regarding the Hawaiian Kingdom, contact:
Mr. Leon Siu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ke Aupuni o Hawaii
Box 62107
Manoa Station, Oahu, Hawaii Nei [96839}
Or call: (808) 521-5430 or (808) 488-4669
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