William Hoapili Kaʻauwai was a Hawaiian high chief and politician, and religious deacon of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served two terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of the Kingdom in 1862 and 1870. He became the only Native Hawaiian to be ordained a deacon of the Anglican Church of Hawaii and traveled with its founder Queen Emma to Europe between 1865 and 1866, circumnavigating the globe upon his return eastward via New Zealand.
- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
- Born
- 1835
- Died
- March 30, 1874
