corruption relating to the use of $337,000 of Cook Islands Government money to fly hundreds of supporters from New Zealand to the Cook Islands in order to vote. He was fined the maximum of $1,400, ordered to pay $2,000 in court costs. A further sentence of three years' probation, imposed solely to bar him from running for political office or participating in political life for that period, was overturned on appeal. Sport In 1924 the New Zealand All Blacks team called at Rarotonga en route to their tour of the United Kingdom and France. Wanting a local team to train against, Albert Henry, 17 years old and just returned from New Zealand, was asked to get some boys together. A scratch team was put together and the game was played on the Takamoa Grounds. The game ended in a scoreless tie. Henry was very active in forming rugby clubs, first with Tupapa, later with Arorangi where he was a teacher. Personal life Henry married Elizabeth Connal in 1927, when both were schoolteachers in Rarotonga. He was the father of MP Tepui Henry and the uncle of Geoffrey Henry, who later served as Prime Minister. Death Henry died of a heart attack in Rarotonga hospital on 1 January 1981, aged 73. His body was taken around Rarotonga on the back of a pickup truck, and the road was lined with mourners. His grave can be found at the Avarua CICC Church. Recognition Henry was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1974 New Year Honours. His knighthood was stripped in April 1980 after his conviction for electoral fraud. In 1977, Henry was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. Following his death a bronze bust was erected at his grave. References Sources Kathleen Hancock (1979). Sir Albert Henry, His Life and Times (Methuen: Auckland, ) 1906 births 1981 deaths People stripped of a British Commonwealth honour Prime Ministers of the Cook Islands Cook Island rugby union players Cook Island Congregationalists Members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands People from Rarotonga Cook Islands Party politicians Cook Island criminals Politicians convicted of fraud 20th-century New Zealand politicians Albert