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formally petitioned the British to set up a Protectorate to head off what she believed to be imminent invasion by the French. The British Government agreed to permit its then vice-consul in Rarotonga to declare a Protectorate over the Southern Group islands to protect pro-British islanders and New
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The British were reluctant administrators and continued pressure was applied to them from New Zealand and from European residents of the islands to pass the Cook Islands over to New Zealand. Ill feeling between the islanders and New Zealand reached a point where two ariki told the New Zealand
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for Rarotonga on condition that he be nominated by New Zealand and act as the country's official agent. This "Resident" was also to act as adviser to the ariki in drafting and administering laws and he would sign all acts of the local legislature in the name of the
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in the islands. However, the path through the last decade of the 19th century was far from smooth and the numerous changes that took place were not well accepted by some ariki and members of the nobility.
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drew up draft legal codes which together with the abolition of violence as a means of dispute settlement, led to unprecedented political stability. In 1881 the
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Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the
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On 11 June 1901, the boundaries of New Zealand were extended to include the Cook Islands, and the power of the ariki was removed.
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decided that New Zealand interests in the area needed some form of protection against foreign powers and the
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approved the annexation of the islands to New Zealand and the following month the New Zealand Governor,
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In October 1885 the Colonial Office accepted an offer by New Zealand, which was then a self-governing
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The flag of Rarotonga 1858–1888. The three stars represent the three tribes (vaka) of Rarotonga:
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granted a petition by local European traders and planters for the appointment of an unpaid
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islands should be annexed for possible future use as trans-Pacific cable stations.
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Zealand trade. The Colonial Office also decided that certain other
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History of the Cook Islands: The Established Kingdom of Rarotonga
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at its own request. In 1893 the name was changed to the
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Former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania
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Index

Flag of Rarotonga
God Save the Queen
Location of Rarotonga
Protectorate
United Kingdom
Avarua
New Imperialism
Cook Islands Federation

Takitumu; Te Au O Tonga; Puaikura
Cook Islands Māori
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
protectorate
United Kingdom
Cook Islands Federation
ariki
Christianity
Southern Group
missionaries
British Colonial Office
British Government
British Consul
Hervey Islands
British colony
British Consul
Governor of New Zealand
Queen Makea Takau
Northern Group
British Resident

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