High Chiefess of Rarotonga Queen of the Cook Islands
Makea Takau Ariki, Auckland visit (1885)
Reign
1871–1911
Predecessor
Makea Apera Ariki
Successor
Makea Rangi Ariki
Born
circa 1839 Avarua, Rarotonga
Died
1 May 1911 (aged 72)
Spouse
Ngamaru Rongotini Ariki
Issue
none
House
House of Te Au O Tonga
Dynasty
Makea Nui Dynasty
Father
Papelna (?–1901) or Tiberio, Pastor of the LMS
Mother
Makea Te Vaerua Ariki
Prince Consort Ngamaru Rongotini (1885).An 1893 stamp of the Cook Islands showing Queen Makea.Para O Tane Palace and Summer cottage (1908).Queen Makea and Lord Ranfurly at the Annexation Ceremony (1900).
Makea Takau Ariki (c. 1839–1911) was a sovereign of the Cook Islands. She was the ariki (queen)[1] of the dynasty Makea Nui (Great Makea), one of the three chiefdoms of the tribe Te Au O Tonga (The mist of the south) on the island of Rarotonga.
She succeeded her uncle Makea Abera Ariki in 1871.[2] Her reign lasted forty years during a crucial time in the history of Rarotonga and the Cook Islands. It was under her reign that the Cook Islands became a British protectorate in 1888 before being annexed to New Zealand in 1900.[3]
^Chitham, Karl (2019). Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania. Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-9941362-7-5. OCLC 1118996645.
^"Cook Islands Heads of State". guide2womenleaders.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^"History of the Cook Islands: The British period". www.ck.
MakeaTakauAriki (c. 1839–1911) was a sovereign of the Cook Islands. She was the ariki (queen) of the dynasty Makea Nui (Great Makea), one of the three...
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facto recognised the ariki of Rarotonga as an independent government. By this time MakeaTakauAriki had become paramount among the ariki, and was recognised...
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tribe on the island of Rarotonga. She was the second ariki of importance and position next to MakeaTakau. Tinomana Mereana was the younger daughter of Tinomana...
in the Cook Islands. Built in the 1830s by Makea Pori Ariki, it was later the residence of MakeaTakauAriki and the place where she signed a treaty making...
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would also have the right to reject proposed legislation. In 1888 Queen MakeaTakau formally petitioned the British to set up a Protectorate to head off...
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Islands, won the right to vote in 1893, shortly after New Zealand. House of Ariki Culture of the Cook Islands Stanford, Eleanor. "Cook Islands". Advameg,...
was buried on Rarotonga; she was given the Rarotongan name "Takau a Makea" by Makea Pori Ariki.: 226–227 Other notable relatives include his nephews, Walter...
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