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    The Cook Islands comprise 15 islands split between two island groups, which have been called individual names in indigenous languages including Cook Islands...
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  • Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language that is the official language of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands Māori is closely related to New Zealand...
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  • indigenous Polynesian people of the Cook islands are known as Cook Islands Māori. These include speakers of Cook Islands Māori language, closely related to Tahitian...
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    Cook Islanders are residents of the Cook Islands, which is composed of 15 islands and atolls in Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Cook Islands Māori are...
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    Colony of New Zealand. The Cook Islands contain 15 islands in the group spread over a vast area in the South Pacific. The majority of islands are low...
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  • The Cook Islands dollar was the former currency of the Cook Islands, which now uses the New Zealand dollar, although some physical cash issued for the...
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    The Parliament of the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Te Marae Akarau Vānanga o te Kuki Airani) is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established...
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    The Cook Islands are a constitutional monarchy within the Realm of New Zealand. Under the Cook Islands Constitution, the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand...
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    to the islands. Originally, the title "Premier" was used, but this was replaced by the title of "Prime Minister" in 1981. Key   Cook Islands   Democratic...
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    The culture of the Cook Islands reflects the traditions of its fifteen islands as a Polynesian island country, spread over 1,800,000 square kilometres...
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  • The Cook Islands maintains diplomatic relations with various countries and is a member of multilateral organisations. While the country is in free association...
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    Cook Islands Wildlife of the Cook Islands Fauna of the Cook Islands Birds of the Cook Islands Mammals of the Cook Islands Islands of the Cook Islands Northern...
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    Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...
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  • Cook Islands literature (as distinct from oral literature) has in some ways been a precursor to the development of Pacific Islands literature. Cook Islander...
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    with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant...
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  • of the country's population. There were approximately 7,800 mobile phones in 2009. Telecom Cook Islands, owned by Spark New Zealand, is the islands'...
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  • and other islands in the Northern Cook Islands. It is considered to be an endangered language as many of its users are shifting to Cook Islands Māori and...
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  • Cook Islands Television (abbreviated CITV) is the oldest television station in the Cook Islands. Founded in 1990, it broadcasts from Rarotonga, where...
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    of Charles III, as King of the realm of New Zealand, in the Cook Islands. The office of King's Representative is established by the Constitution of the...
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  • Cook Islands permanent residents are residents of the Cook Islands who hold permanent residency visas and who are not ethnic Cook Islanders. A person...
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    The Cook Islands Te Reo Māori language is closely related to the Te Reo Maori indigenous language of New Zealand. Spanish ships visited the islands in...
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    of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of...
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    (†) Seimat Wuvulu-Aua (as two languages) As noted, Yapese and Nguluwan may be part of the Admiralty Islands languages as well. Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross;...
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    the Cook Islands face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, but these challenges have gradually lessened in recent years. As of 1...
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    status of the Cook Islands and Niue is formally defined as being states in free association within the Realm of New Zealand, which is made up of the Cook Islands...
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  • western Polynesia, Pukapukan is not closely related to any other languages of the Cook Islands, but does manifest substantial borrowing from some East Polynesian...
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  • respectability, talent and commitment to Cook Islands value. An yet, competing for the representative role of Miss Cook Islands necessitates that the participants...
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    China in the Senkaku Islands dispute by making Chinese-claimed islands appear larger than they actually were. In August 2021, Cook received an approximate...
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    agreed by the judge. An Eastern Polynesian language, Māori is closely related to Tahitian and Cook Islands Māori. After the Second World War, Māori were...
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  • by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans and Cook Islands Māori[citation needed] As of 2012[update] there were an estimated 2 million ethnic...
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