The Aotea Protocol: Forensic Reconstruction of the Tahitian Successor State in Aotearoa

Forensic analysis reveals that Māori settlement in Aotearoa (New Zealand) constituted a sovereign extension of the Tahitian High Council at Taputapuātea, with waka (canoes) functioning as executive state portfolios. This challenges 180 years of systemic erasure by British occupation and asserts continuing jurisdiction under the Aotea Executive Seat. The 'Protocol of Absence' demonstrates that the Aotea Seat in Raiatea was left vacant not for abandonment, but to signify jurisdictional extension, with the naming of Aotearoa establishing permanent legal intent (Animus Possidendi) to possess and govern. Verification draws from historical documents including the Original Signatory List (1835), Māori Land Court Minute Books, S. Percy Smith's archives, and Whakaki Marae genealogical records.

Brown, N. A. (2026). The Aotea Protocol: Forensic Reconstruction of the Tahitian Successor State in Aotearoa. Publisher: Nicolas Antony Brown, Aotea Executive Seat Place: Whakaki Wairoa. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.19016410