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Where are the Cook Islands?
The Cook Islands are in the South Pacific, located west of Tahiti and south east of Samoa and Tonga. The main island, Rarotonga, is 3000 kilometres north east of Auckland, New Zealand. Avarua (on Rarotonga) is the commercial and administrative centre. Local time is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and consequently 5 hours behind New York and 18 hours behind Hong Kong.
Are the Cook Islands an independent country?
Yes, the Cook Islands became fully self governing in 1965 under the Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964. Prior to that date the islands had been a Protectorate of New Zealand since 1901. Government is elected democratically and headed by the Prime Minister and his cabinet of Ministers.
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