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Royal Order of Kamehameha I — Papa Aliʻi Convention Dinner
Friday, October 16, 2026
Kapolei Heritage Center, Oʻahu
Royal Order of Kamehameha I: Papa Aliʻi convention dinner at Kapolei Heritage Center, Oʻahu. In attendance were members of the various chapters of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, their supporters, and invited guests from across the pae ʻāina!
ʻOhana Aliʻi Guests of Honor
As the evening commenced, the Guests of honor were introduced, among them were the following prominent members of the ʻOhana Aliʻi:
- Kahelelani Alohikea-Smith — Direct descendant of the House of Unauna (Senior House of ʻĪ), Kingdom-enrolled High Chiefs.
- Quentin Kawānanakoa — Direct descendant of the House of Kawānanakoa, Kingdom-enrolled High Chiefs.
- James Maioho — Hereditary Kahu of Mauna ʻAla, and direct descendant of the High Chief Hoʻolulu.
- Elizabeth Laʻanui — Direct descendant of the House of Keōuanui through High Chief Gideon Laʻanui, the younger brother of Kingdom-enrolled High Chiefess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau.
Pictured here are Alika Desha, Kalim Smith, Elizabeth Laanui, Quentin Kawananakoa, Kahelelani Alohikea-Smith, Keeaumoku Kapu, Leon Siu, Bumpy Kanahele, Brandon Makaawaawa, Esther Kiaaina, Jarrett Keohokalole, Hina Wong and others. (Not pictured, James Maioho).
Quentin Kawananakoa & Kahelelani Alohikea-Smith
Elizabeth Laanui & Kahelelani Alohikea-Smith
Kalim Smith & James Maioho
#RoyalOrderofKamehamehaI #Imua #Ohana
Waimea, Kauaʻi
March 11, 1933
Alohikea First Citizen of the Garden Island
Poni Mōʻī 1883 — Coronation of King Kalākaua
Portraits of the Hereditary High Chiefs
Hawaiian Genealogies: Board of Genealogy Records 1882 — Family of Chiefs
Ka Papa Aliʻi o Hawaiʻi 1874 — Registry of the Chiefs
Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs
King Kamehameha III's "Board of Genealogists"
Painting of King Kamehameha III (1814–1854)(r.1825–1854) by Herb Kawainui Kane (1928–2011).
Listed below are King Kamehameha III's "Board of Genealogists" & the Kamehameha Kings they were noted to have advised: 1. Auwae (Kamehameha I, II, III) 2. Kepookulou (Kamehameha II, III) 3. Ahuakui (Kamehameha II, III) 4. Malo (Kamehameha III) 5. Kekauluohi (Kamehameha III) 6. D.Malo (Kamehameha III) 7. Kamokuiki (Kamehameha III) 8. Kaoo (Kamehameha III) 9. A. Unauna (Sr.) (Kamehameha III, IV) 10. Piianaia (Kamehameha III, IV) 11. Queen H. Kalama (Kamehameha III) "Report of the Board to Gulick in English. (see G12.16) -1886?", (Bishop Museum Archives).
#MaiPoina #HawaiianKingdom #Kamehameha #MookuauhauAlii #RulingChiefsofHawaii #Kauikeaouli #uamaukeeaokaainaikapono #papakuauhaualii
Research Note
The 1844 Royal Calendar did not permanently lock the pool of valid successors under Article 22. The explicit heading states the list is "which will be corrected as occasion may require:—"
The Monarchy designed this list as an active, modifiable directory — not a permanent constitutional boundary. This built-in flexibility is precisely why King Kalākaua and the Legislature passed Act VII of the 1880 Session Laws, creating the Board of Genealogy to verify living chiefs when the occasion required an update.
Hawaiian Kingdom law required official state vetting and a Legislative ballot. No one held an automatic right to the crown through private claims.
The list was corrected shortly after its publication by the addition of the son of Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani: John Pitt Kinau (1842–1859).
Key term: "which will be corrected as occasion may require:—" — 1844 Hawaiian Kingdom Government Calendar
Hālau Kaʻeaikahelelani