Nā Kanatona o ʻOsiania
Initiative Summary
Nā Kanatona o ʻOsiania is an assembly of dynastic and chivalric orders in affiliation with Ka Makani Kāʻili Koa, undertaking humanitarian, philanthropic, eleemosynary, and benevolent work for Native Hawaiians, Oceanic peoples, the Philippines, the Assyrian diaspora, and the stool land of Sefwi Obeng-Mim within the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area. Its work has included cultural exchange, water access, education, and health infrastructure.
Constituent bodies
- Commandery of Hawaiʻi of the Orthodox Order of Saint Anna
- Dynastic Order of the Prophet Jonah
- Grand Priory of Oceania of the Dynastic Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog
- Grand Priory of Oceania of the Order of Saint Blaise
- Grand Priory of Oceania of the Order of Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai
- Knights & Dames of Rizal, Maysa ʻOhana Chapter
Governance
Each membership programme under Nā Kanatona o ʻOsiania operates under its own bylaws, formulated by its own members. Those bylaws do not conflict with or override Ka Makani Kāʻili Koa’s governance. The orders are self-governing bodies in affiliation with KMKK rather than subordinate units of it, and their internal affairs are addressed in their own constituting documents rather than here.
Each membership programme under Nā Kanatona o ʻOsiania operates under its own bylaws, formulated by its own members. Those bylaws do not conflict with or override Ka Makani Kāʻili Koa’s governance. The orders are self-governing bodies in affiliation with KMKK rather than subordinate units of it, and their internal affairs are addressed in their own constituting documents rather than here.
Knights & Dames of Rizal — Maysa ʻOhana Chapter
Chartered in Honolulu in July 2022 with the Knights of Rizal Hawaiʻi Chapter, under the motto Non Omnis Moriar — “not all of me shall die.” The chapter raises scholarship funds for qualifying Filipino students, including students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and supports the Panagadal Hoʻoulu program’s Rizal-inspired agricultural and educational work.
Command- Sir Virgil Vergara — Chapter Commander.
- Sir Alex Vergara — immediate past Chapter Commander; now an Elder of the chapter.
- Robert Kakalia, Dr.h.c. — founding Chapter Commander; now an Elder of the chapter.
Role in the portfolio
- Scholarship capacity — financial support that removes cost barriers for learners in both organizations’ programs.
- Volunteer capability — trained adults for events, ceremonies, and program delivery, addressing the portfolio’s most persistent constraint.
- International relationships — the diplomatic and community connections that ʻŌe cultural exchange and, in time, ʻIKE Oceania draw on.
- Ceremonial capacity — protocol and formal presence at Circle of Nations and other public occasions.