Kōrero: Pacific Islands and New Zealand

Cook Islands annexed, 1900

Cook Islands annexed, 1900

Queen Makea of the Cook Islands (left) listens as New Zealand Governor Lord Ranfurly reads the annexation proclamation on 7 October 1900. In the background are British military personnel. Women were among the most powerful of the Cook Islands' ariki (chiefs). Their public role did not fit New Zealand administrators' view of appropriate behaviour, and whenever possible their authority was ignored or limited.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PAColl-4235

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jon Fraenkel, 'Pacific Islands and New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Nauru', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36861/cook-islands-annexed-1900 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jon Fraenkel, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012