United Nations of Polynesia Kaumokuʻāina Hui Pū ʻia o Polenekia (Hawaiian) |
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Capital | Koholoa, Hawaii | |
Largest local city | Papeete, Tahiti | |
Official languages | Hawaiian, Tahitian | |
Member states | ||
Leaders | ||
- | Mōʻī (Leader) | Kamehameha I (Hawaii) |
- | Kiaʻaina (Governor) | Kamanawa |
Political Union | ||
- | Treaty of Kohola | 1753 |
The Polynesian Confederacy, also known as the United Nations of Polynesia (Hawaiian: Kaumokuʻāina Hui Pū ʻia o Polenekia), is a loose political union of Polynesian states, founded in 1753 with the Treaty of Kohola. Founded by the Kingdom of Hawaii as a coalition of all its "Maluʻāina", Hawaiian for "Protection Land", essentially the equivalent of protectorates, located within Polynesia (primarily the Society Islands), the Polynesian Confederacy is composed of three major kingdoms: Bora Bora, Tahiti, and Huahine.
The Kingdom of Hawaii is often considered to be outside the jurisdiction of the confederacy despite being a member, although the Hawaiian chiefdom of Hema Pae 'Aina, the southern most part of Hawaii's direct territory, acts as a de facto member of the union, as the local leader of the Confederacy, the "Kiaʻaina" (Governor), is also the Chief of Hema Pae 'Aina. Although the Kiaʻaina essentially governs the confederacy, the Monarch of Hawaii is de jure the Confederacy's chief leader.
Chiefs[]
House of Tapoa[]
- Puni (1690 - 1756) - King of Bora Bora (1724), King of Raiatea
- Teriimaevarua I (1701 - 1759) - King of Bora Bora (1756)
- Ai-mata (1706) --Kamanawa (1684 - 1754) - Chief of Hema Pae 'Aina (1712)
- Maheha Kapulikoliko (1722)
- Kahōʻanokū Kīnaʻu (1724)
- Taʻo-ata (-1750)
- Tapoa I (1709 - 1771) - King of Bora Bora (1759)
- Tapoa II (1736 - 1799) - King of Bora Bora (1771)
- Teriimaevarua II (1778) - Queen of Bora Bora
- Teriimaevarua-vahine (1738 - 1790)
- Tapoa II (1736 - 1799) - King of Bora Bora (1771)
- Tamatoa (1711 - 1780) - King of Raiatea (1759)
- Tamatoa III (1732 - 1804) - King of Raiatea (1780) --Tura'iari'i Ehevahine (1733 - 1805)
- Teriitaria II (1753) - Queen of Huahine (1768) --Pōmare II of Tahiti (1735 - 1792)
- Vetea-raʻi Uʻuru (1760 - 1801) - Ariʻi of Opoa
- Tamatoa IV (1782 - 1816) - King of Raiatea (1804)
- Teri’inavahoroa-vahine (1784 - 1811) --Tamatoa V (1786) - King of Raiatea (1804)
- Teri’i-‘o-uru-maona-tane Pomare (1804 - 1813)
- Teriivaetua (1806)
- Teriimaevarua (1808)
- Tamatoa-tane (1811)
- Hihipa (1761 - 1809)
- Tahitoe (1782 - 1825) - King of Rangiroa (1815)
- Rereao (1800)
- Tahitoe II (1802) - King of Rangiroa (1825)
- Tetuaiterai (1804)
- Teihotua (1805)
- Vairaatoa (1808)
- Ariitiria (1809)
- Tahitorai (1810)
- Tetupaia (1814)
- Tahitoe (1782 - 1825) - King of Rangiroa (1815)
- Tamatoa III (1732 - 1804) - King of Raiatea (1780) --Tura'iari'i Ehevahine (1733 - 1805)
- Tapoa I (1709 - 1771) - King of Bora Bora (1759)
House of Pōmare[]
- Teu Tunuieaite Atua - Chief of Pare-'Arue --Tetupaia-i-Hauviri of Raiatea
- Pōmare I (1713 - 1766) - King of Tahiti (1742 - 1760)
- Pōmare II (1735 - 1792) - King of Tahiti (1760 - 1792)
- Pōmare III (1756 - 1795) - King of Tahiti (1792)
- Teinaiti (1757 - 1793)
- Pōmare IV (1759 - 1829) - Queen of Tahiti (1795)
--Tenaniʻa Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro (1755 - 1818)- Puni (1779 - 1790)
- Henri Pōmare (1781 - 1794)
- Pōmare V (1782) - King of Tahiti (1829)
--Teriimaevarua II (1778) - Queen of Bora Bora - Ariʻiaue Pōmare (1783) - Ariʻi of Afaʻahiti
- Teihotu Taʻavea (1785)
- Tamatoa V (1786) - King of Raiatea (1804) --Teri’inavahoroa-vahine (1784 - 1811)
- Teri’i-‘o-uru-maona-tane Pomare (1804 - 1813)
- Teriivaetua (1806)
- Teriimaevarua (1808)
- Tamatoa-tane (1811)
- Victoria Pōmare-vahine (1788) --Ari'imate Teururai (1789) - King of Huahine (1792)\
- House of Teurura'i
- Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare (1790) - Ariʻi of Mahina
- Teriʻitua Tuavira Pōmare (1791) - Ariʻirahi of Hitiaʻa
- Tevahitua Pōmare (1793 )
- Teri’i Tapa-nui Vehiatua (1794 - 1799)
- Te Ari’i-na-vaho-roa (1796)
- Pōmare II (1735 - 1792) - King of Tahiti (1760 - 1792)
- Pōmare I (1713 - 1766) - King of Tahiti (1742 - 1760)
House of Teurura'i[]
- Tehaapapa I (1715 - 1760) - Queen of Huahine (1740) --Chief Mato of Raiatea (1710 - 1735)
- Tura'iari'i Ehevahine (1733 - 1805) --Tamatoa III (1732 - 1804)
- Teriitaria II (1753) - Queen of Huahine (1768 - 1792) --Pōmare II of Tahiti (1735 - 1792)
- Teriʻitaria I (1734 - 1760) - King of Huahine (1760)
- Tura'iari'i Ehevahine (1733 - 1805) --Tamatoa III (1732 - 1804)
- --Rohianuʻu
- Tenania (1735 - 1770) - King of Huahine (1760 - 1763)
- Mahine Teheiura (1737 - 1799) - King of Huahine (1763 - 1768)
- Ta'aroa-ri'i (1769 - 1790)
- Ari'imate Teururai (1789) - King of Huahine (1792) --Victoria Pōmare-vahine (1788)
- Teuhe (1807)
- Tapiria (1808)
- Marama Teururai (1810)
- Vaira'atoa (1810)
- Tamatoa VI (1811)
- Téri'itéporouarai (1813)
- Fatino (1814)
- Turaiari'i (1816)
- Téri'inavahoro'a (1818)
- Téfa'aora (1820)
- Ari'imate Teururai (1789) - King of Huahine (1792) --Victoria Pōmare-vahine (1788)
- Ta'aroa-ri'i (1769 - 1790)
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