Appropriate terminology preferred by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders:
Earlier this year, in 2022 the Seattle Asian American Film Festival issued a letter of apology to the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community about the use of the terms Asian Pacific American (APA), Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Asian Pacific Islander (API). They called on other organizations led equally by Asians and Pacific Islanders to begin using accepted terminology to counteract the erasure which comes with using Asian first terminology. You can read more about their decision and use of alternative terms HERE.
Other alternative terms we can use are Pasifika, a term used by Indigenous Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders who originate from the regions of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia or the term Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and acronyms NH/PI.
Here are common subject terms you can type into the databases and InfoHawk+ to find resources on Asian and Pacific Islander groups:
"Native Hawaiians" AND "Pacific Islanders"
"Asian Americans" AND "Pacific Islanders"
"Asian Americans" AND (culture OR heritage)
"Pacific Islander" AND (culture OR heritage)
"Asian Pacific Islander" OR "Asian Pacific American"