Henry, Albert, 1907-1981

Date: [1907-1974]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-103

Description: Copy of Apera Uriarau's book from copy by Stephen Savage from Cook Islands Native Land Court (1907); `West of 170 degrees; Cook leaves his name in the islands'; letter from A R Henry re Cook Islands references and other matters; copy of correspondence between Samuel Ariki of Mauke and Stephen Savage; and `E Tuatua teia no iro ariki' (A Story of Iro ariki, Ino ma oata) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920-1947]

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-19/02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903-1939

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1070

Description: Diaries of Charles Banks Sep-Dec 1903, and of Charles Wigmore, owner of the Papua Plantation at Titikaveka 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925 and 1926; Te Akatauira/Guiding Star 1939, a printed news-sheet in Rarotongan and English, edited by A R Henry Other Titles - Te Akatauira Other Titles - Guiding Star Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1951-1989

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1337

Description: Unpublished manuscripts and rare printed material in boxes 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.5, 3.1, 4.1, 4.1-5.5, 6.1-6.5, 9.1-9.5, 10.1-10.3, 12.1-12.4 of the D S Marshall papers at the Cook Islands Campus USP. Includes drafts of his Cook Islands publications, including his unpublished work on Mangaia, correspondence, research papers from his Mangaia fieldwork, compilations of Cook Islands stories and legends, Cook Islands dictionaries, grammars and word lists, papers by Ron Crocombe on land tenure, files on emigration, demographics, ideas for books, Mokoroa Love, field trips to Rarotonga and Mangaia Many of the items catalogued have not been microfilmed. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 10 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1955-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: Series-3910

Description: Comprises research notes, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Albert Henry and Rarotonga for Kathleen Hancock's biography 'Sir Albert Henry, his life and times' (Auckland: Methuen, 1979). Includes transcripts of interviews, radio reports and hearings. Quantity: 30 folder(s).

Date: 1965

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Cook Islands. 1900s]

By: Cook Islands. Parliament; Forbes, Ian A, active 1952-1998

Reference: Eph-A-COOK-ISLANDS-1965-01

Description: Booklet cover shows the logo of a shoot growing out of a seed. Inside are photographs of His Excellency Mr A O Dare, Mrs Marguerite Story (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly), the group of cabinet members, and premier Hon Albert R Henry. There is a list of those providing board to members of the official party, a welcome, maps of Rarotonga and Avarua, brief facts about Rarotonga, and a programme of the events to mark the occasion - a parade, fireworks display, athletic and team sports, a grand outdoor dance, display of arts and crafts. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 204 x 214 mm.

Date: 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981; Date unknown

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-005

Description: Colour and black and white photographic prints relating to various Pacific Island locations, including portraits, some with caption inscriptions verso. Dated November 1968, September 1972, August 1975, November 1977, October 1979, and 1981. Includes: - "Old war canoe on New Georgia, Solomon Islands" - "Relics of Pacific war, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is[lands]" - Roadside stall, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands" - "Agnes Kera, proprietor of Guest house at Munda, New Georgia (daughter of Norman Wheatley, ist trader in area)" - "Malu [Malu'u] Village, Malaita" - "Transport in the Highlands of Fiji" - "Indian women cooks roti (chappatti) for breakfast on primus under the house, Ba, Fiji (Lakshmi Badhu - my hostess)" - "K. H. [Kathleen Hancock] on rim of the crater, Tanna, New Hebrides (Yasur Volcano)" - "Fishermen on the beach. Utumea, American Samoa" - "Rarotonga, C.I. [Cook Islands]", depicts Titikaveka Church. - "Queensland bush at Wile's property, Bunya Rd. Eumundi" - "Aggie's Pool - Apia" - "Rarotonga Airport" - "Va'ai plantation, W. Samoa" - "Loyalty Island, New Caledonia" - portrait of "Tom Charley Eouta [Euta] village, Tongoa - New Hebrides" - portrait of "Stuart Inder, past editor, Pacific Is[land] Monthly" - portrait of "Don Stewart, S. F. C. Tahiti" - "Children at Honolulu, Hawaii" - "Ratu Sir Kamisese preparing to drink the ceremonial cup of yaqona - wearing the ceremonial (masi) turban" - "Family portrait at Veiuto, Suva" - "Mara talking with Gough Whitlam, former president of Australia at Vietuto in "The Bure", 10 Feb[ruary] 1981" - "Otago University Capping Band celebrating VE + VJ Days 1945 - all musicians fellow students in Mara's medical class" - "Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara former P.M. Fiji and (Sir) Albert Henry former P.M. Cook Islands" - "Ratu Sir Kamisese & Lady Mara with President of Botswana & Lady Khama, Commonwealth Conference, Singapore, 1971, Sir Seretse Khama [(1921-1980)] & Mara student friends at Oxford" - "The [Hotel] 'Relais de Kanumera' from the air - Isle of Pines, New Caledonia". Title supplied by Library. Original enclosure annotated "Miscellaneous Polynesia, SPC, etc & Mara, Whitlam, Isle of Pines, Albert Henry". Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white and colour hotographic prints. Transfers: Printed matter originally enclosed with photographic prints at Library reference MS-Papers-12478.. Processing information: Printed matter was separated from prints and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1969

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-293

Description: Black and white photographic prints, dated Aitutaki, August 1969. Enclosure inscribed: "Aitutaki. Aug. 1969. Welcome at airport for NZ's Deputy Prime Minister Mr Marshall, Mrs Marshall, the High Commissioner Mr L J Davis & Mrs Davis, Premier Albert Henry, & other VIP's. Challenge by Police Sgt. Tepaki". Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints. Transfers: Negatives separated from this group of prints at Library reference 1/4-136262-F to 1/4-136267-F, and 35mm-113031 to 35mm-113033.. Processing information: Negatives were separated from prints and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1978

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[10 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star ca 1971-1989.]

Reference: A-225-294

Description: Cartoon shows a wigged judge at left holding a bucket labelled "Cook Is." with a hole in the bottom. He is speaking to the Premier of the Cook Islands, Albert Henry who wears a floral shirt and sunhat. The caption is a pastiche of the song "There's hole in your bucket, dear Liza ...". Albert Royle Henry was the first Premier of the Cook Islands. He was forced to resign from that post in a 1978 voting scandal for which he was later convicted of fraud (Retrieved from Wikipedia, 11.3.2001) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 186 x 246 mm.

Date: 1956-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-010

Description: Contains newspaper clippings and typescripts of articles, mainly by W H Percival. Also some correspondence regarding Albert Henry. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1978

From: Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :[Political cartoons featuring Robert Muldoon and the Muldoon era]. Published in the Otago Daily Times, 1978 - 1982.

Reference: A-319-061

Description: A husband mentioning to his wife that her tax pack had arrived. He has an image of Inland Revenue as a pack of raging wolves in his head. Two Cook Islanders watch Sir Albert Henry take yet another flight out of the country. Two men in a pub toast one another in beer having avoided the 40 hour fast Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donated by Sid Scales in 1998.

Date: ca 1978-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-015B

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 22 Dec 1997

From: Government House oral history project Stage I

By: Beattie, David Stuart (Hon Sir), 1924-2001

Reference: OHInt-0636/2

Description: Sir David Beattie was born in Sydney, Australia in 1924. Gives details of his family background. Mentions great grandfather Captain Bendall of Oriental Bay. Discusses his Australian background on his father's side. Talks about the life of his mother Una Beattie (nee King) who died in 1997. Mentions separation from her husband, the Depression and World War II. Describes going to Dilworth Boarding School where he was head prefect and mentions being captain of the first eleven and the first fifteen. Describes doing law at Auckland University. Summarises his legal career and progress from the Crown Prosecutor's Office, to being a barrister, Queen's Counsel, Judge of the Supreme Court then of the Court of Appeal. Briefly talks about big trials in which he was involved including that of Dr Sutch, Ananda Marga, Erich Geiringer and the Progressive Youth Movement. Describes being chair of the Royal Commission on Courts before becoming Governor General in 1980. Lady Norma Beattie was born in Auckland in 1925. Describes how her father was a marine engineer and her brother, Graham McDonald, served on the same ship as Sir David during World War II. Mentions how her grandmother, Sarah Blunden, came to New Zealand at the age of seventeen and married George Blunden who was much older. Describes how her mother was a nurse known as `Mrs Mack' the district nurse. Recalls attending schools in Auckland, becoming a nurse and meeting Sir David. Mentions doing maternity nursing. Sir David describes having been on an assignment to the Cook Islands to try Premier Sir Albert Henry for corruption when appointed to Government House. Discusses not being appointed Chief Justice. Mentions an interview with Sir Robert Muldoon and comments on their relationship. Gives impressions of Government House and taking over the role of Governor-General from Sir Keith Holyoake. Describes restoration and refurbishiment to the House at their instigation. Describes the political situation of the 1981-1984 government, with a majority of one, and implications for him as Governor-General. Comments on the public exposure of the role. Explains the roles of the official secretary Colonel Jim Brown and the Comptroller Colonel Fred Bath. Talks about his correspondence with the Queen. Mentions the Falklands War, the 1981 Springbok Tour and a Royal Tour shortly after. Discusses the Springbok Tour and its effect on New Zealand. Recalls discussions with Muldoon and comments on his effect on people. Backgrounds the hikoi at the 1984 Waitangi Day celebrations, his decision to meet it and waiting for the hikoi. Mentions Sir James Henare, Sir Hepi te Heu Heu, Ben Couch, Hiwi Tauroa, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Thompson, Eva Rickard, the Harawira family and Tame Iti. Describes having an egg thrown at him and a bomb being thrown over the fence of Government House. Discusses the change of etiquette as the role of Governor General becomes New Zealand oriented. Talks about Lady Beattie opening up Government House. Mentions the butler and valet, Sir Robert Sisson-Stretch. Describes going to Government House in Auckland two or three months a year. Talks about the 1981 Royal Tour, the visit of Charles and Diana and being guardian to Prince Edward while he was at Wanganui Collegiate. Discusses the wage-price freeze and the 1984 snap election. Gives a background to the election mentioning the anti-nuclear debate, Marilyn Waring and Mike Minogue. Describes the conduct of the election and the Muldoon-Lange debate. Explains the constitutional position of the Governor General. Recalls the gravity of the financial situation. Comments on travelling as the Governor General and meeting people. Mentions his mother Una Beattie lived at Government House until the age of ninety. Briefly talks about the appointment of Sir Paul Reeves as his successor. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3396.

Date: 1970

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Cook Islands. 1900s]

Reference: Eph-A-COOK-ISLANDS-1970-02

Description: Programme has a message from the premier A R Henry, and advertisement from Air New Zealand, , a page about the Cook Islands National Arts Theatre, a programme of the celebration, and a list of the dancers performing. There is a sketch titled Aimata Mataiapo of a man in traditional costume. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 230 x 152 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of Tony Goodlife, 2016.

Date: ca 1978-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-015A

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1960-1977

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-72/06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1978

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-026A

Description: Includes transcripts of Radio New Zealand news items and television interviews with Charlie Strickland and Albert Henry. Also a transcript of the examination of Albert Henry by Lloyd Brown. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: January 1975

By: Johnson, William C, active 1975

Reference: PAColl-9739

Description: Photograph of the Premier of the Cook Islands with his wife, Lady Henry, in his office prior to attending the ceremonial opening of the 18th session of the Legislative Assembly, taken January 1975 by William C Johnson of Rarotonga Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-mechanical print (postcard) Provenance: The postcard had been given to the Department by the Assistant Secretary of the Premier's Department, Government of the Cook Islands.

Date: [ca 1976-1978]

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-021

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1977-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-017

Description: Note book containing notes on the history of the Cook Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.