Cook Islands
From dKosopedia
The Cook Islands are a group of 15 islands in the South Pacific lying between Fiji and Tahiti. The nation has a total land area about 1.3 times that of the District of Columbia. The total population of the Cook Island Maori is 21,000, which makes it 5 times the population size of Waukon, Iowa and a fourth larger than that of Allamakee County, Iowa. The main industry in the Cook Islands is tourism; 70,000 tourists visit this paradise every year.
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History
Discovered by Cook in 1770 they became a British protectorte in 1888 and assumed self-government in 1965 in free association with New Zealand.
List of Islands
- Aitutaki
- Atiu
- Manihiki
- Mangaia
- Manuae
- Mauke
- Mitiaro
- Nassau Island
- Palmetston
- Penrhyn
- Pukapuka
- Rakahanga
- Rarotonga
- Suwarrow
- Takutea
Political Elites
- Wilkie Rasmussen, Former High Commissioner to New Zealand