Cook Islands - History

Date: [1880]

By: Gill, William Wyatt (Rev), 1828-1896

Reference: qMS-0838

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, blue pam case)

From: Kauraka, Kauraka, 1951-1997: Papers and recordings

By: Kauraka, Kauraka, 1951-1997

Reference: Series-6840

Description: Language - Nearly all of the interviews are carried out in Rarotongan and the abstracts that are available are also in Rarotongan Other Titles - Manihiki korero Interviewer(s) - Kauraka Kauraka Relationship complexity - Introduction to Manihiki oral history held in Manuscripts (91-117-1) Quantity: 42 C60 cassette(s). 13 printed abstract(s). 22 interview(s). 9 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Abstracts available for some, but not all, of the interviews.

Date: 1884-1928

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1200

Description: Cook Islands Federal Government minutes 1891-1896; Federal Parliament minutes 1897-1901; Fedral Parliament papers 1897-1899; High commissioner's Court minutes 1899-1901; Aitutaki Council minutes Oct 1893; Acting British Vice-Consul letters 1884-1886; British Resident correspondence register 1894-1895; British Resident inward letters 1892-1901; British Resident and Resident Commissioner outward letters 1890-1895, 1897-1910; Ambrose Morgan case file 1896-1898; Thomas H Mallett inquest file 1899; Federation Acts and Determinations 1890-1897; Rarotonga Ariki genealogies 1909; Rarotonga Island Council minutes 1917-1941; Resident Commissioner's annual report files 1913-1928. Source of title - Transcribed The Constitution Act establishing the Federal Parliament of the Cook Islands was passed on 5 Jun 1891, with the General Council of the Cook Islands being styled the \"Parliament\" and Makea Takau appointed as Chief of Government, her administration being subject to the approval of the British Resident. The first British Resident, Frederick Moss, was appointed in Nov 1890, taking over from C E Goodman, the Honorary British Consul, 1881-1883, and Richard Exham, Acting British Vice-Consul 1883-1891. From 1898 to 1909, Lt Col Walter E Gudgeon was Resident Commissioner. In 1900 the Federal Parliament was abolished and in 1901 the boundaries of New Zealand extended to include the Cook Islands. The Federal Council of Ariki which had the right to make \"Federal ordinances\" was established, with the Resident Commissioner as President of the Council and Makea Ariki as Chief of Government. Quantity: 14 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2003

Date: [1896]

By: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: qMS-0890

Description: Contains addresses from the Parliament of the Cook Islands on Grey's retirement from polticial life; its translation into English; and a covering letter from F J Moss, British Resident at Rarotonga Publication - Published by T Fisher Unwin, London Language - Address is in Cook Islands Maori, with translation Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Facsimiles (34 cm, grey cloth) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Miss Amy Moss, 1928