Numangatini Tione Ariki, active 1878-1900

John, King of Cook Islands, active 1878-1900, John, King of Mangaia, Cook Islands, active 1878-1900, King John, active 1878-1900

Name of celebrated paramount ariki of Mangaia, Cook Islands during the lead up to, and after, annexation by Britain/New Zealand. He was popularly called King John which had nothing to do with his Cook Island name. He inherited his position from his father, Numangatini, after the death of his older brother, Davida. Sovereign of the Cook Islands. He was ariki (king) of the Numangatini dynasty, a chiefdom on the island of Mangaia. [Source: Wikipedia biographical entry]

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Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other I...

Date: April-June 1903

By: Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PA1-o-468

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

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Hill-Trevor album 2 :Written and photographic record of the annexation of the Cook Isla...

Date: 30 Sept 1900 - 31 Oct 1900

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA1-f-143

Description: Arrangement: The album consists of Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise, with the photographs interspersed with the text. This album documents the cruise of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of NZ, aboard HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands, in October 1900, in the course of which he annexed the Cook Islands and Niue for the British Crown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Photographs of Richard Seddon's tour of the South Pacific Islands in 1900

Date: 1900

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-5287-1

Description: Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-933

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Belonged to William Henry Triggs (1855-1934)

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Seddon's trip to the Pacific islands album

Date: 1900

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: PA1-o-461

Description: Photographs all taken by Frederick W Sears. Other Titles - Cover title - The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands" in gold lettering; 17.0 x 21.5 cm

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-819

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Provenance unknown. Previously housed in NZ & Pacific collection

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-818

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

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Duncan, M D album 1

Date: [Circa 1912]

From: Duncan, Miriam Darwin, 1893-1981 :Photographs relating to life and work of Dr James Malcolm Mason

Reference: PA1-q-066

Description: Photographs taken during a trip to Pacific Islands, including Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Niue. Views of daily life in the various places; views of the European group as they travel by ship, and scenes of activities arranged for them. Most of the people photographed are unidentified. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black spine and corners, 30 x 23 cm

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[Mangaia, during the visit of HMS Mildura with Lord Ranfurly and party]

Date: [10 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-15

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-15-1) shows a group of people on Mangaia, 10 October 1900, probably gathered for the annexation proclamation. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-15-2) shows King John of Mangaia, 10 October 1900. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Clipping and two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

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Richard John Seddon with King John and Queen, Mangaia, Cook Islands

Date: 1900

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: 1/2-C-16083-F

Description: Prime Minister Richard John Seddon with the King John and Queen, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Taken by Frederick Sears in 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

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