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William Saunderson Cooper

documentary heritage

Collection includes Photographic prints, albums, postcards, negatives and flags which belonged to William Saunderson Cooper, Resident Agent in Cook Islands from 1913 to 1921. Captain with Wellington Infantry Battalion NZEF1, embarked Feb. 1915.

Whakahounga o Mua: 15 Oct 2025

Collection Area

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Te reo Name

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Ingoa Kōrero Noa

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Ingoa Kē

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Momo Ingoa Kē

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Kupu whakaahua

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Wāhi

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Wāhi Hāngai

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Field Collection Place

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Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai

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Rā Kohinga

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Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake

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Accession Number

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Rā Tāpiringa

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Tohu Tuakiri Kē

13563 (Presto content ID)

PH-2011-2 (Reference Number)

ACQ-2011-1 (Acquisition number)

89527 (DBTextworks system ID)

Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē

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Wāhanga

Photography

Rūma Whakaatu

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Herenga

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Momo

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Uiuitia Tirohanga API

Rūma Whakaatu

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Momo Taonga

photograph

Ingoa/Taitara

William Saunderson Cooper

Ingoa Kē

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Kaiwaihanga Matua

William Cooper (Photographer)

Kaituku Kōrero/Kaiwhakaputa

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Wāhi

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Rā

1900-1930

Ngā Tuhipoka Rā Whakaputa Tuatahi

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Waitohu/māka

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Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

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Ngā Puritanga Rangatū

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ISBN/ISSN

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Reo

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Kohinga

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Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei

Parent

Ahanoa Mema

5 ngā tūemi kei tēnei kohinga. Tirohia ngā tūemi katoa.

Ngā Tuhipoka Ahanoa Hāngai

PH-2011-2 -- Cooper, William Saunderson Collection

Album 544 and negatives C61378.1-.105.

MS-96-72 -- Cooper, William Saunderson. Papers, 1897-1914

[http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/41005.detail Cenotaph Database record for William Saunderson Cooper (10/1450)]

He Wāhi Nō

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Whakaahuatanga Rawatoi/Mātū

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Rawatoi/Mātū

paper (fiber product)

Raraunga Ine

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Tikanga Waihanga

Gelatin silver print

Silver print

Monochrome photographic print

Photographic techniques

Putanga/Āhua/Whakaaturanga

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Tangata e Kōrerotia/Whakaahuatia ana

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Huinga Kaupapa

New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force

World War, 1914-1918

Uniforms

Taumata whakarōpū

photographic prints/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works

Kōrero o Roto

1. Album: Capt. Cooper in Egypt 1915.

2. Album: Cooper in Samoa (see PH-ALB-544).

3. Wallet containing 100 snapshot negatives Pacific Islands (see PH-NEG-C61378.1-.100).

4. Photo prints (106) of Samoa, Mauke and Aitutake.

5. Postcards (20) Cook Islands.

6. Folder containing collection of 47 photographs. One covers school years (portrait). A number show life aboard the ships "Drumcraic" and "Holywood". The remainder cover army training and war service with NZEF.

Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

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Ngā Tuhipoka a te Kairangahau

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Tuhipoka Hāngai

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Subject Notes

William Saunderson Cooper was born in Derbyshire, England, on 9 May 1881. He was initially apprenticed as a trainee seaman, but after six years at sea a fall ended his career in the merchant marine. He emigrated to New zealand in 1903 and was appointed resident Agent in the Cook Islands from 1913 to 1921, serving first at Mauke Island (1913-1918) and then Aitutaki (1918-1921).

War service of Captain William Saunderson Cooper, serial number 10/1450. Enlisted: Mauke Island, Cook Islands. Embarkation unit: Wellington Infantry Battalion. Embarkation date: 14 February 1915. Embarkation body: 3rd Reinforcements. Went to Egypt NZEF1. [See Cenotaph database for full details]

Momo Kohinga

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Manatārua

Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level

Rārangi Mihi

John Cooper, son of W.S. Cooper, 25/3/1996

Malcolm Cooper, grandson of W.S. Cooper, 2/2/2011

Whakahounga o Mua

15 Oct 2025

William Saunderson Cooper