page_title: Makea Takau Ariki
hierarchical_section_title: Makea Takau Ariki
caption_attribution_description: English: A copy of a photograph of Governor-General Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea, with the British Resident Walter Gudgeon looking on, at the ceremony 7th October 1900. In the background are British Bluejackets and marines.
context_page_description: Makea Takau Ariki was a sovereign of the Cook Islands. She was the ariki of the dynasty Makea Nui, one of the three chiefdoms of the tribe Te Au O Tonga on the island of Rarotonga.
  She succeeded her uncle Makea Abera Ariki in 1871. 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.
context_section_description: Makea Takau Ariki (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 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. 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.
caption: Queen Makea and Lord Ranfurly at the Annexation Ceremony (1900).
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