As the members of Protecting Oceania, representing the peoples of Hawaiʻi, Aotearoa, WestPapua, Papua New Guinea, Kanaky, Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Solomon Islands, First Nation peoplesof Australia and the Torres Strait Islands, and South Sea Islanders, Guåhan and theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Pohnpei, Palau, Banaba, Kiribati, Niue, Tokelau,Marshall Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Liu Chiu and our allies,
We stand together, in order to fulfill our sacred duty to be good ancestors, and firmly oppose themilitarization of our islands and oceans. Specifically, we oppose the upcoming 29th Rim of thePacific (RIMPAC) exercises that will be held from June 27th to August 1st in and around theHawaiian Islands. These exercises threaten our sovereignties and our communities, human andother-than-human alike, here in Hawai'i, across Moananuiākea, and throughout the world.
We oppose the biennial desecration of our sacred oceanic spaces by the 29 countries who will beplaying war games during RIMPAC: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia,Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States.
We are especially shocked by those countries who claim that they oppose genocide and who
have vehemently taken positions against Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people,
specifically Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Indonesia, who contradict theirpositions by coming to Hawaiʻi to play together at war. We call upon these nations in particular
to pull your militaries from joining in these exercises. We also demand that Indonesia, who iscommitting genocide in West Papua not only cease its participation in these exercises, but wedemand a Free and Independent West Papua. We also demand that France remove its colonial
occupation of Kanaky.
We oppose turning Hawaiʻi’s lands and waters into training grounds for imperial and genocidal
regimes that will engage in ocean, ground, and amphibious assaults. We stand against theviolence RIMPAC will bring to the islands as well as the imperial violence it has and will continue
to promote and naturalize around the world.
We who love and value life oppose these exercises without equivocation and for the sake ofevery oppressed community in every corner of the earth. We stand committed to a free andliberated Oceania and the will remain steadfast in our commitment until these exercises cease
to exist.
Mahalo,Protecting Oceania Hui
Supporting Organizations
Hawaiʻi Peace & JusticePacific Theological College
Free West Papua Campaign
Pacific Network On Globalisation
Diverse Voices and Actions (DIVA) for Equality FijiKaʻahahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina (Hui Aloha ʻĀina)Prutehi Litekyan/Save Ritidian
Our Common Wealth 670
KanaeokanaKaʻohewai
Hawaiʻi Unity and Liberation InstituteKAHEAʻĀina Momona'Āina Aloha Economic Futures
Hawaiʻi People’s Fund
Independent GuåhanTe Pāti Māori
Hawaiʻi Alliance for Pacific Islanders
Jo-JikumHoʻaka Mana
Black Pacific Alliance
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Micronesia Climate Change Alliance
Australian Association for Pacific Studies
Palauans for Liberation
Vā Moana Research Cluster at Auckland University of Technology
Pacific Islander and Asian American Ministries (PAAM) of the United Church of Christ
Gi Matan Guma’Nihi Indigenous Media
Earth Water People
Anakbayan Hawaiʻi
Students Protesting Against Militarism (S.P.A.M.)
Jewish Voices for Peace HawaiʻiInternational Women’s Network Against Militarism
Hawaiʻi Okinawa Alliance
LAING HawaiʻiValley Now, Wellington, NZ
Oceanic Refractions
Wisdom Circles Oceania
Uli Movement: Weaving Our Stories
Birthworkers of Color Collective
Supporting Individuals
Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Maui County Councilmember
Julian Aguon, International Human Rights Lawyer and Founder of Blue Ocean Law
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, MP For Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Pāti Maori Co-Leader
Dr. Jon Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Dean, Hawaiʻinuiākea School Of Hawaiian Knowledge,
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Director Of Kamakakūokalani Center For Hawaiian Studies,
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Dr. Kahikina de Silva, Associate Professor, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language,
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Dr. Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland
Dr. Katerina Teaiwa, Australia National University, School of Culture, History & Language; VicePresident, Australian Association for Pacific Studies
Dr. Melinda Mann, Senior Learning Designer and Lecturer for Cultural Competency within theOffice of Indigenous Engagement, Central Queensland University
Kim Kruger, Lecturer and Researcher Moondani Balluk Academic Centre, Victoria University, AU
Dr. April K. Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria
University of Wellington
Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Associate Professor of Indigenous and Native HawaiianPolitics, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Tēvita O. Kaʻili, PhD, Professor of Anthropology & Cultural Sustainability, Faculty of Culture,
Language & Performing Arts Brigham Young University - Hawaiʻi
Presley Keʻalaanuhea Ah Mook Sang, Kumu A’o, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language,
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Johanna Kapōmaikaʻi Stone, Kumu A’o, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, Universityof Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Kalikoaloha Martin, Kumu A’o, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, University ofHawaiʻi Mānoa
Line-Noue Memea Kruse, Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi
ʻUlise Funaki , Brigham Young University-HawaiʻiDr. Dion Enari, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University Of Technology
Rev. Dr. Kaleo Patterson, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wahiawa, Oahu, HIRev. Dr. Ha'aheo Guanson, Executive Director of Pacific Justice and Reconciliation CenterKealoha Pisciotta, Kai Palaoa
Mialisa Otis, Puʻuhonua O Wailupe
Richard Salvador, Pacific Justice and Reconciliation CenterKerri A. Inglis, Professor Of History, University Of Hawaiʻi, Hilo
Nawahineokalaʻi Lanzilotti, Founder/Director Pulse Oceania

Jaimey Hamilton Faris, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa
Anga'aefonu Bain-Vete, Artist and Illustrator Fiji