2023 106th King Kamehameha day Floral Parade from Downtown to Kapiolani Park in Waikiki Honolulu Hawaii. 2023 makes 106th King's Floral Parade. participants includes royal court, king's guards, royal ali'is, royal hawaiian band, princesses from each respective islands from island of Hawai'i, Oahu, Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, Kahoolawi, Kaua'i. Kamehameha the Great, who became king in 1810 after unifying the Hawaiian islands. Before his reign, each of the islands were governed by different Chiefs. Kamehameha aimed to unite the islands and establish a single governable state.