Nga Puhi, whaler. Son of George and Matida Hannah Cook. Grandson of William Cook and Tiraha. Owner and manager of the Whangamumu whaling station in 1908. Photographed with whaling equipment on Campbell Island in 1912. Married Ellen Anglem at Bluff on 8 April 1889. [Source: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]
Cook, Herbert Francis, 1859-1934
Cook, Bert, 1859-1934, Cook, Francis Herbert, 1859-1934
There are 20 related items to this topic
Manuscript
Williams, Charles Warren, 1895-1985 : The Whangamumu whaling family
Date: 1980
By: Williams, Charles Warren, 1895-1985
Reference: MS-Papers-2122
Description: Family reminiscences, chiefly of the unique whaling enterprise at Whangamumu, Northland, which started with open boats in 1890 by George, Francis and William Harvey Cook, and further developed in 1910-1911 Williams was a great-grandson of William Cook, who settled at Russell, 1823 and married a relative of Tamati Waka Nene. William Cook and two generations of descendants, who were involved mainly in shipbuilding and whaling. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Manuscript
Media clippings
Date: 1969-1975
From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8286-116
Description: Media clippings regarding the Cook Islands. Includes articles from the `Cook Islands photo news' and `Pacific Islands monthly'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Online
Other
Stacy Woodard, Captain Herbert Cook and the boat crew
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-03
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-49
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard, duplicate of PAColl-10758-09. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-48
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook with unidentified male in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-47
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard, dupliate of PAColl-10758-11. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Back view of of six men in wooden boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-45
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Side view of six men in wooden boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-44
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-39
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Man standing on modern fast whaling boat with harpoon gun
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-24
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933 showing a man, probably Stacey Woodward, standing on the prow of a whaling boat in the act of firing a harpoon gun. The photograph is likely to be a re-enactment. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Record updated 7 March 2023 with information on person depicted.
Online
Other
Close up of Captain Herbert Cook about to harpoon whale with harpoon gun
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-23
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook on steel whaling boat about to harpoon whale with harpoon gun
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-22
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
1930's steel whaling boat in ocean with two men sitting on deck
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-19
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Boat with Captain Herbert Cook and three unidentified men in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-14
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook harpooning whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-13
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Boat with six men alongside whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-12
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook with unidentified male in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-11
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Photograph is duplicated at PAColl-10758-47 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-09
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Photograph is duplicated at PAColl-10758-49 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Online
Other
Captain Herbert Cook with unidentified male in boat in pursuit of whale
Date: 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758-10
Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Other
Photographs of whaling at Whangamumu
Date: [ca 1870's] - 1933
From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu
Reference: PAColl-10758
Description: Comprises 54 photographs, most taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933, of whaling at Whangamumu. Also includes a modern copy photograph of Stacy Woodard. Photographs PAColl-10758-01 to PAColl-10758-18 show Herbert Cook and others from the Whangamumu whaling station re-enacting a circa 1870s whale hunt, complete with a replica boat built especially for the re-enactment. PAColl-10758-19 to PAColl-10758-38 show current early 1930s practices, using a motorboat. These latter photographs also show the dead whale being cut up, blubber piled on the shore, and men processing the remains in large cooking pots. The first 38 photographs are numbered 1 - 37; two photographs are numbered "23" (PAColl-10758-01 and PAColl-10758-38). The remaining photographs are not numbered but continue documenting the expedition; three of them are duplicates of photographs in the numbered sequence. Photographs include a dryplate (PAColl-10758-54) taken circa 1870s which was given to Stacy Woodard, and which has been duplicated in the numbered sequence. Title supplied by Library. Photocopy of index to first 38 photographs is in box with photographs. Arrangement: 38 of the photographs were in an envelope labeled "Original Photos + Numbered List", the remaining 12 were in another envelope labeled "Extra photos undescribed". The photograph of Stacy Woodard was in a separate envelope. Stacy R Woodard was a U.S. film maker who traveled to New Zealand to film a re-enactment of a circa 1870s whale hunt, Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w copy photographic print(s). Transfers: Index to photographs and obituary seperated from these photographs is at Library reference MS-Papers-12545. Processing information: Photographs and papers have been separated for the purposes of preservation.