Cook Islands Administration. Resident Commissioner's Office - Resident Agent's correspondence, 1901-1965

PMB 1192

fonds

441545

Microfilm : PMB 1192

microfilm reels 35 mm

Cook Islands Resident Commissioner's general correspondence to and from the Aitutaki Resident Agent, 1908-1911, 1914-1967. See Reel List for details

The Cook Islands were annexed to New Zealand in June 1901. Resident Agents, responsible to the Resident Commissioner in Rarotonga, were appointed in each of the islands in the Cook Islands group. Resident Agents chaired the Island Council meetings. The Resident Agent also had judicial powers under island ordinances, heard criminal matters cases, except murder and manslaughter, and civil cases, except divorce suits, where the consideration was no more than 50 pounds

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1192
Restricted access. Apply to the Cook Islands National Archivist, Ministry of Cultural Development, PO Box 8, Rarotonga, Cook Islands for written permission to access the microfilm
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 5 microfilm reels
Cook Islands National Archives
Printed reel list available (1 p.) and on the internet through http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu