The Origins of Cook Island Migration to New Zealand, 1920-1950

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The Origins of Cook Island Migration to New Zealand, 1920-1950

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It is a little known fact that New Zealand was both a British colony and imperial power in the Pacific during the twentieth century. From 1901 to 1965, under the pretext of a civilising mission, New Zealand exercised moral responsibility for the Cook Islands. Beneficent overtones concealed the colony’s quest for territory and power, and political rhetoric continues to ignore the deficiencies and injustices of their former rule. As patriotic British subjects, and nominal citizens of New Zealan...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Anderson, Rosemary

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5447

Related subjects

Cook Islands / New Zealand / migrant women / migration / domestic service / citizenship / Rarotongan Contingent / New Zealand Māori / Cook Islands Maori / indigenous soldiers / colonial hierarchies

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