The King and Queen of Rarotonga, with Mrs Seddon and New Zealand Premier Richard John Seddon, in the palace grounds, Rarotonga, during Seddon's visit to the Pacific Islands in 1900.
In 1901 Britain allowed New Zealand to annex the Cook Islands and Niue.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: PAColl-7599-1 Photographer: Frederick Sears. Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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'Richard Seddon in the Cook Islands', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/richard-seddon-cook-islands, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Sep-2014
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