Kahau's group is one of several organizations which claim to be the rightful Hawaiian government and do not recognize the authority of the Hawai'i state or U.S. government rule.

Those other organizations have had a mixed view to the action taken by Kahau's group.

Dennis Pu'uhonua "Bumpy" Kanahele, head of the Independent and Sovereign National State of Hawai'i (Nation of Hawai'i), said he does not recognize the Hawaiian Kingdom Government as the official authority of Hawai'i, but said he supports their action.

"I do support their intent, which is to go there to claim the kingdom," Kanahele said. He confirmed that he personally phoned Hawaiian Kingdom Government staff to express his support.

Henry Noa, prime minister of the Reinstated Government of Hawai'i, said he did not phone in his support of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government's actions as Kahau had stated.

Nonetheless, Noa said, the palace grounds occupation has focused attention on the sovereignty movement and given each of the groups a chance "to present information to our people so that they can be better informed about the differences."

David Keanu Sai, acting minister of the interior for a group known as Acting Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom, said on the organization's Web site that many have incorrectly associated his group with Kahau's.

While the Acting Government is provisional and exists until a true Hawaiian government can be reconstituted, the Hawaiian Kingdom Government "organized themselves without any basis in Hawaiian constitutional law," Sai wrote.

Sai's group has been attempting to regain control of Hawai'i through international law.

Leaders of Hui Pu, an umbrella group of different Hawaiian independence organizations, visited the palace grounds on the first day of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government's action and said they support its intent.