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The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani)[1] are a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. It comprises 15 islands whose total land area is Script error: No such module "convert".. The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers Script error: No such module "convert". of ocean.[2]
New Zealand is responsible for the Cook Islands' defence and foreign affairs, but these responsibilities are exercised in consultation with the Cook Islands.[3] In recent times, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly independent foreign policy.[4] Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, but they also have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens. The Cook Islands have been an active member of the Pacific Community since 1980.
The Cook Islands' main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga (13,007 in 2016),[5] where there is an international airport. There is also a larger population of Cook Islanders in New Zealand itself: in the 2013 census, 61,839 people said they were Cook Islanders, or of Cook Islands descent.[6]
With over 168,000 visitors travelling to the islands in 2018,[7] tourism is the country's main industry, and the leading element of the economy, ahead of offshore banking, pearls, and marine and fruit exports.
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Teuteu- ↑ Cook Islands Maori dictionary by Jasper Buse & Raututi Taringa, Cook Islands Ministry of Education (1995) page 200
- ↑ Fisheries, Ecosystems and Biodiversity. Sea Around Us
- ↑ "Cook Islands push for independence from NZ". Stuff.co.nz (in English). 30 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ↑ "Cook Islands". France in New Zealand. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on Pipiri 27, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
Since 2001, the Cook Islands have complete sovereignty in managing their Foreign affairs according to the common declaration of 6 April 2001.
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2013 Census ethnic group profiles". Statistics NZ. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
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