Cook Islands

Map of the Cook Islands

Where the Cook Islands are in the world

Flag of the Cook Islands

Coat of arms of the Cook Islands

The Cook Islands are a group of islands in the southern Pacific. They form an independent state, but have strong ties with New Zealand. The 15 small islands have a total land surface of 240 square kilometers. About 18.000 people live on the islands, most of them from tourism. The largest island, Rarotonga, also holds the territory's capital, Avarua.

The nation also has a distinctive Polynesian language known as Cook Island Maori, which is closely related to the Maori language of New Zealand and to the Tahitian language.^[1]

Foreign relations: Relations with the United States were started in 2023. Relations with China were started earlier.

History: The Rarotonga Treaty was signed in 1986; Cook Islands is (as of the 2020s) still in an area that is supposed to be without any nuclear weapons.

A beach on Rarotonga
A photo taken from Aituaki

Cook Islands Media

National Anthem of the Cook Islands
The United Kingdom's national anthem "God Save the King", performed by the U.S. Navy Band instrumentally circa the early 2000s.
Governor Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea on 7 October 1900.
Map of the Cook Islands (labels in Polish)
The parliament building of the Cook Islands, formerly a hotel
Former Prime Minister Henry Puna with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 31 August 2012
Location of the islands of Cook Islands
Carte topographique d'Aitutaki/Topographic map of Aitutaki
AST-01-039 Aituctaki Atoll
Carte d'Atiu (topographie et tapere)/Map of Atiu (topography and tapere)