Outline of the Cook Islands explained

See also: Index of Cook Islands-related articles. thumb|The location of the Cook Islandsthumb|An enlargeable map of the Cook Islands

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Cook Islands:

Cook Islands  - self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand.^[1] The fifteen small islands in this South Pacific Ocean country have a total land area of 240 square kilometres (92.7 sq mi), but the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers 1.8 million square kilometres (0.7 million sq mi) of ocean.^[2] The main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga (c.10,000), where there is an international airport. Defence is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request. In recent times, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly independent foreign policy.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: The Cook Islands
• Official English country name: The Cook Islands
• Common endonym(s): Kūki 'Āirani
• Official endonym(s): Kūki 'Āirani
• Adjectival(s): Cook Island
• Demonym(s): Cook Islander
• Etymology: Name of the Cook Islands
• ISO country codes: CK, COK, 184
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ck

Geography of the Cook Islands

thumb|An enlargeable topographic map of Rarotonga

Geography of the Cook Islands

• The Cook Islands are: a territory of New Zealand
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • South Pacific Ocean
      • Oceania
        • Polynesia
  • Time zone: UTC-10
  • Extreme points of the Cook Islands
    • High: Te Manga 6520NaN0
    • Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 120 km
• Population of the Cook Islands: 17,459 – 223rd most populous country
• Area of the Cook Islands: 236.7km2
• Atlas of the Cook Islands

Environment of the Cook Islands

thumb|An enlargeable satellite image of Rarotonga

• Climate of the Cook Islands
• Renewable energy in the Cook Islands
• Geology of the Cook Islands
• Protected areas of the Cook Islands
  • Biosphere reserves in the Cook Islands
  • National parks of the Cook Islands
• Wildlife of the Cook Islands
  • Fauna of the Cook Islands
    • Birds of the Cook Islands
    • Mammals of the Cook Islands

Natural geographic features of the Cook Islands

• Islands of the Cook Islands
  • Northern chain
  • Southern chain
• Lakes of the Cook Islands
• Mountains of the Cook Islands
  • Volcanoes in the Cook Islands
• Rivers of the Cook Islands
  • Waterfalls of the Cook Islands
• Valleys of the Cook Islands
• World Heritage Sites in the Cook Islands: None

Regions of the Cook Islands

Regions of the Cook Islands

Ecoregions of the Cook Islands

List of ecoregions in the Cook Islands

Administrative divisions of the Cook Islands

None

Municipalities of the Cook Islands

• Capital of the Cook Islands: Avarua
• Cities of the Cook Islands

Demography of the Cook Islands

Demographics of the Cook Islands

Government and politics of the Cook Islands

Politics of the Cook Islands

• Form of government: parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy
• Capital of the Cook Islands: Avarua
• Elections in the Cook Islands
• Political parties in the Cook Islands

Branches of the government of the Cook Islands

Government of the Cook Islands

Executive branch of the government of the Cook Islands

• Head of state: Charles III
• Head of government: Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
• Cabinet of the Cook Islands

Legislative branch of the government of the Cook Islands

• • Parliament of the Cook Islands House of Ariki (Advisory Body)

Judicial branch of the government of the Cook Islands

Judiciary of the Cook Islands

• Cook Islands Court of Appeal
• High Court of the Cook Islands
• Chief Justice of the Cook Islands

Foreign relations of the Cook Islands

Foreign relations of the Cook Islands

• Diplomatic missions in the Cook Islands
• Diplomatic missions of the Cook Islands

International organization membership

The government of the Cook Islands is a member of:^[1]

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Law and order in the Cook Islands

Law of the Cook Islands

• Capital punishment in the Cook Islands
• Constitution of the Cook Islands
• Crime in the Cook Islands
• Human rights in the Cook Islands
  • LGBT rights in the Cook Islands
  • Freedom of religion in the Cook Islands
• Law enforcement in the Cook Islands

Military of the Cook Islands

Military of the Cook Islands

Local government in the Cook Islands

Local government in the Cook Islands

History of the Cook Islands

History of the Cook Islands

• Timeline of the history of the Cook Islands
• Current events of the Cook Islands
• Military history of the Cook Islands

Culture of the Cook Islands

Culture of the Cook Islands

• Architecture of the Cook Islands
• Cuisine of the Cook Islands
• Festivals in the Cook Islands
• Languages of the Cook Islands
• Media in the Cook Islands
• National symbols of the Cook Islands
  • Coat of arms of the Cook Islands
  • Flag of the Cook Islands
  • National anthem of the Cook Islands
• People of the Cook Islands
• Public holidays in the Cook Islands
• Records of the Cook Islands
• Religion in the Cook Islands
  • Christianity in the Cook Islands
  • Hinduism in the Cook Islands
  • Islam in the Cook Islands
  • Judaism in the Cook Islands
  • Sikhism in the Cook Islands
• World Heritage Sites in the Cook Islands: None

Art in the Cook Islands

• Art in the Cook Islands
• Cinema of the Cook Islands
• Literature of the Cook Islands
• Music of the Cook Islands
• Television in the Cook Islands
• Theatre in the Cook Islands

Sports in the Cook Islands

Sports in the Cook Islands

• Rugby league in the Cook Islands
• Rugby union in the Cook Islands
• Football in the Cook Islands
• Cook Islands at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of the Cook Islands

Economy of the Cook Islands

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 185th (one hundred and eighty fifth)
• Agriculture in the Cook Islands
• Banking in the Cook Islands
  • National Bank of the Cook Islands
• Telecommunications in the Cook Islands
• Companies of the Cook Islands
• Currency of the Cook Islands

Cook Islands dollar/New Zealand dollar

• • ISO 4217

NZD

• Energy in the Cook Islands
  • Renewable energy in the Cook Islands
  • Energy policy of the Cook Islands
  • Oil industry in the Cook Islands
• Mining in the Cook Islands
• Tourism in the Cook Islands
• Transport in the Cook Islands
• the Cook Islands Stock Exchange

Education in the Cook Islands

Education in the Cook Islands

• Nukutere College

Infrastructure of the Cook Islands

• Health care in the Cook Islands
• Transportation in the Cook Islands
  • Airports in the Cook Islands
  • Rail transport in the Cook Islands
  • Roads in the Cook Islands
• Water supply and sanitation in the Cook Islands

See also

Cook Islands

• Cook Islands Maori language
• Index of Cook Islands–related articles
• List of Cook Islands-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Outline of geography
• Outline of New Zealand
• Outline of Oceania

External links

• Cook Islands Government
• Cook Islands Government (summary)
  • Comprehensive Cook Islands site with news section
• Detailed and non-commercial website
• Cook Islands National Environment Service
• Cook Islands Biodiversity Database
• Photographs of CI banknotes including unique 3 dollar bill

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 2, 2009. Cook Islands. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Cook+Islands A View from the Cook Islands