initially buried in the pohukaina tomb, located on grounds of ʻiolani palace, his remains were later transported along with those of his father's and other royals in a midnight torchlight procession on october 30, 1865, to the newly constructed royal mausoleum at mauna ʻala in the nuʻuanu valley. his mother's remain were also buried here after her death in 1883. in 1887, after the mausoleum building became too crowded, the coffins belonging to members of the kamehameha dynasty including kīnaʻu's were moved to the newly built kamehameha tomb. the name "w. p. kinau" was inscribed on the "mauka" (mountainward) side of the monument above his final resting place.