For Cook Is.
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Resident Commisioner Appointed
Mr. Geoffrey Nevill, Aged
51, who has been Resident Commissioner of Chatham Islands (a small group owned by New Zealand) since February, 1950, has been appointed to succeed Mr.
W. Tailby as Resident Commis sioner of the Cook Islands, with headquarters at Rarotonga.
He is described as an ideal man for the job, in personality, training and inclination. He has made a lifetime study of Pacific Islands his tory and government, and he is especially interested in Polynesia. • He was always interested in the culture of the Maori peoples. He used to go out fossicking among the sandhills on the West Coast of NZ and bring back al sorts of interest ing relics. He has given quite a number to the Museum,” said Dr.
Gilbert Archey, director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Mr. Nevill is a brother of Sir Arthur Nevill, former Chief of NZ Air Staff. He was educated in Aus tralia and at Auckland Grammar School.