Royal Honours lor Cook Island Chief.—In the picture can be seen Mr Makea Niu Tmrau Ariki. one of the paramount chiefs of the Cook Islands and a descendent of the late Queen Makea. addressing the Vice-Regal visitors. He received the Order of the British on the King's Birthday. He has always been intensely British in sentiment, and the late Queen was prominent in the latter part of last century in the movement for the annexation of the Cook Islands to New Zealand. He is a man of striking and forceful character, and a real leader of his people. H? was one of the representatives from the Cook Islands who wantted New Zealand to welcome the Prince of Wales, and he made a further extensive visit to the Dominion in 1931.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19513, 12 June 1933, Page 3

Royal Honours lor Cook Island Chief.—ln the picture can be seen Mr Makea Niu Tmrau Ariki. one of the paramount chiefs of the Cook Islands and a descendent of the late Queen Makea. addressing the Vice-Regal visitors. He received the Order of the British on the King's Birthday. He has always been intensely British in sentiment, and the late Queen was prominent in the latter part of last century in the movement for the annexation of the Cook Islands to New Zealand. He is a man of striking and forceful character, and a real leader of his people. H? was one of the representatives from the Cook Islands who wantted New Zealand to welcome the Prince of Wales, and he made a further extensive visit to the Dominion in 1931.