Cook Islands

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The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean and known for its coral atolls, Polynesian culture, and tourism-based economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian country
associated state
self-governing island country
associatedWith New Zealand
callingCode +682
capital Avarua
climate tropical
continent Oceania
country Cook Islands self-link
currency Cook Islands dollar
New Zealand dollar
demonym Cook Islander
drivesOn left
economySector agriculture
offshore banking
pearling
tourism
ethnicGroup Polynesians
formerAdministeredBy New Zealand
formerColonialPower United Kingdom
governmentType parliamentary representative democracy
hasCoralAtolls yes
hasIsland Aitutaki
Atiu
Mangaia
Manihiki
Manuae
Mauke
Mitiaro
Palmerston Island
Penrhyn Island
Pukapuka
Rarotonga
Takutea
hasIslandGroup Northern Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
headOfState monarch of New Zealand
internetTLD .ck
largestCity Avarua
legislature Parliament of the Cook Islands
locatedIn Oceania
Polynesia
South Pacific Ocean
monarch Charles Philip Arthur George
surface form: Charles III
namedAfter James Cook
officialLanguage Cook Islands Māori language
surface form: Cook Islands Māori

English
officialName Cook Islands self-link
primaryTourismAttraction beaches
coral reefs
lagoon resorts
regionalLanguage Pukapukan
religionMajority Christianity
representativeOfMonarch King's Representative in the Cook Islands
selfGovernmentSince 1965
shortName Cook Islands self-link
sovereigntyStatus self-governing in free association with New Zealand
timeZone UTC−10:00
usesNewZealandCitizenship yes

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Pacific peoples ancestralOrigin Cook Islands
southwest Pacific Ocean borders Cook Islands
South Pacific contains Cook Islands
South Pacific Ocean contains Cook Islands
Oceania containsCountry Cook Islands
Cook Islands country Cook Islands self-link
Polynesians hasMajorPopulationIn Cook Islands
Pacific Community hasMember Cook Islands
Pacific Islands Forum hasMember Cook Islands
PIF hasMember Cook Islands
subject surface form: Pacific Islands Forum
Polynesian Leaders Group hasMember Cook Islands
Pacific Islands hasPart Cook Islands
Polynesia hasPart Cook Islands
New Zealand dollar legalTenderIn Cook Islands
Cook Islands officialName Cook Islands self-link
Haredi Jews populationCenter Cook Islands
Cook Islands shortName Cook Islands self-link
Polynesian languages spokenIn Cook Islands
New Zealand dollar usedInTerritory Cook Islands