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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs leads official correspondence, external relations, and consultation requests. Its outreach is made peacefully and for recordkeeping, consultation, education, and lawful stewardship purposes only.

MOFA operates within the executive branch. Its kuleana is diplomacy, official correspondence, external relations, treaty-related records, credentialing support, and executive documentation. MOFA does not act as the legislative or judicial branch, and it does not direct any protective or enforcement body.

The 1852 Constitution recognizes the power to make treaties and to appoint ambassadors, public ministers, and consuls according to the usage and laws of nations (Constitution of 1852). MOFA frames its work as a lawful request for recognition, review, consultation, and reconciliation — not as a claim that any single document has already settled recognition or altered land title.

—The Framing

Careful diplomatic language

Recognition

A request for formal recognition, review, and consultation regarding the continuing legal, cultural, and political questions connected to the Hawaiian Kingdom — pursued through lawful channels.

Consultation

Requests for meeting status, observer participation, records access, and written recognition that Hawaiian Kingdom history belongs in the official record.

Stewardship

Lawful stewardship, cultural protection, and consultation rights for lands of historic Hawaiian Kingdom significance — through consent and protocol, never through trespass or seizure.

Reconciliation

A structured, peaceful process moving reconciliation language toward formal review, grounded in the documented historical record.

—Consultation Outreach

Consultation letters on the record

On July 13, 2026, MOFA prepared a master set of respectful consultation letters requesting dialogue and points of contact from county, state, federal, and community bodies. Each letter states plainly that it authorizes no trespass, no interference with public safety or disaster recovery, and no unauthorized enforcement activity.

County of Maui — Mayor & Office of Recovery; Dept. of ʻŌiwi Resources — Lahaina recovery & Royal Complex Master Plan

Hawaiʻi Dept. of Health — Kalaupapa Settlement & Kalawao County stewardship and transition planning

Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands — DHHL beneficiary interests connected to Kalaupapa

DLNR — SHPD — Historic preservation consultation for Lahaina and Kalaupapa

National Park Service — Kalaupapa National Historical Park; Lahaina Historic District interpretation

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation — Lahaina preservation and federal recovery actions

HUD — CDBG-DR — Maui recovery, survivor return, and anti-displacement safeguards

FEMA Region 9 — Lahaina recovery, cultural protection, survivor-centered rebuilding

Hawaiʻi Attorney General — Maui wildfire records, accountability, and cultural recovery

U.S. Dept. of the Interior — Hawaiian Kingdom historical recognition, Kalaupapa & Lahaina

U.S. Dept. of State — Diplomatic review of the Hawaiian Kingdom historical record

Office of the President — Recognition review, reconciliation, and consultation request

“This request is made peacefully and for recordkeeping, consultation, education, and lawful stewardship purposes only. Nothing in this letter authorizes trespass, interference with public safety, interference with disaster recovery, or unauthorized enforcement activity.”

Standing preamble used in MOFA consultation letters

Sources referenced in MOFA correspondence include Public Law 103–150 and Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the latter of which confirms that reconciliation language alone does not create enforceable land rights — reinforcing the request-and-review framing above.