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lf-governing in "free association" with New Zealand. New Zealand retains primary responsibility for external affairs, with consultation with the Cook Islands government. Cook Islands nationals are citizens of New Zealand and can avail of New Zealand government services, but the reverse is not true; New Zealand citizens are not Cook Island nationals. Despite this, as of 2011, the Cook Islands had diplomatic relations in its own name with 34 other countries. The Cook Islands is not a United Nations full member, but does participate in WHO and UNESCO, and is an associate member of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
On 11 June 1980, the United States signed a treaty with the Cook Islands specifying the maritime border between the Cook Islands and American Samoa and also relinquishing its claim to the islands of Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Manihiki, and Rakahanga.[15] In 1990 the Cook Islands signed a treaty with France which delimited the boundary between the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.[16]
Administrative subdivisions
There are island councils on all of the inhabited outer islands (Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 with amendments up to 2004, and Palmerston Island Local Government Act 1993) except Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka (Suwarrow, with only one caretaker living on the island, also governed by Pukapuka, is not counted with the inhabited islands in this context). Each council is headed by a mayor.
The ten Outer Islands councils are
Aitutaki (including uninhabited Manuae)
Mangaia
Atiu (including uninhabited Takutea)
Ma'uke
Mitiaro
Manihiki
Penrhyn
Rakahanga
Pukapuka (including Nassau and Suwarrow)
Palmerston
Districts of Rarotonga.
The three vaka councils of Rarotonga established in 1997 (Rarotonga Local Government Act 1997), also headed by mayors,[17] were abolished in February 2008, despite much controversy.[18]
The three Vaka councils on Rarotonga were
Te au o tonga
(equivalent to Avarua, the capital of the Cook Islands)
Puaikura
Arorangi
Takitumu
Ngatangiia
On the lowest level, there are village committees. Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka, has an island committee (Nassau Island Committee), which advises the Pukapuka Island Council on matters concerning its own island.
Economy
Main article: Economy of the Cook Islands
The economy is strongly affected by geography. It is isolated from foreign markets, and has inadequate infrastructure; it lacks major natural resources and suffers greatly from natural disasters. Agriculture provides the economic base and manufacturing is limited. The economy is supported by foreign aid, largely from New Zealand. The Peoples' Republic of China has also contributed foreign aid which has resulted, among other projects, in the Police Headquarters building. The Cook Islands is expanding its tourism, banking, mining and fishing sectors, with varying success.
Culture
Float parade during the annual Maeva Nui celebrations.
Language
The languages of the Cook Islands include English, Cook Islands Maori, or "Rarotongan," and Pukapukan. Dialects of Cook Islands Maori include Penrhyn; Rakahanga-Manihiki; the Ngaputoru dialect of Atiu, Mitiaro, and Mauke; the Aitutaki dialect; and the Mangaian dialect. Cook Islands Maori and its dialectic variants are closely related to both Tahitian and to New Zealand Maori. Pukapukan is considered closely related to the Samoan language. English and Cook Islands Maori are official languages of the Cook Islands.
Music
Main article: Music of the Cook Islands
Music in the Cook Islands is varied, with Christian songs being quite popular, but traditional dancing and songs in Polynesian languages remain popular.
Public holidays
Holidays
Date
Name
1 January
New Year's Day
2 January
Day after New Year's Day
The Friday before Easter Sunday
Good Friday
The day after Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
25 April
ANZAC Day
The first Monday in June
Queen's Birthday
During July
Rarotonga Gospel Day
4 August
Constitution Day (Te Maevea Nui Celebrations)
26 October
Gospel Day
25 December
Christmas
26 December
Boxing Day
Art
Carving
This wood carved figure escaped emasculation, despite its missionary collectors. Only one other comparable example is known, British Museum.
Woodcarving is a common art form in the Cook Islands. The proximity of islands in the southern group helped produce a homogeneous style of carving but which had special developments in each island. Rarotonga is known for its fisherman's gods and staff-gods, Atiu for its wooden seats, Mitiaro, Ma'uke and Atiu for mace and slab gods and Mangaia for its ceremonial adzes. Most of the original wood carvings were either spirited away by early European collectors or were burned in large numbers by missionary zealots. Today, carving is no longer the major art form with the same spiritual and cultural emphasis given to it by the Maori in New Zealand. However, there are continual efforts to interest young people in their heritage and some good work is being turned out under the guidance of older carvers. Atiu, in particular, has a strong tradition of crafts both in carving and local fibre arts such as tapa. Mangaia is the source of many fine adzes carved in a distinctive, idiosyncratic style with the so-called double-k design. Mangaia also produces food pounders carved from the heavy calcite found in its extensive limestone caves.
Weaving
The outer islands produce traditional weaving of mats, basketware and hats. Particularly fine examples of rito hats are worn by women to church. They are made from the uncurled immature fibre of the coconut palm and are of very high quality. The Polynesian equivalent of Panama hats, they are highly valued and are keenly sought by Polynesian visitors from Tahiti. Often, they are decorated with hatbands made of minuscule pupu shells which are painted and stitched on by hand. Although pupu are found on other islands the collection and use of them in decorative work has become a speciality of Mangaia. The weaving of rito is a speciality of the northern island of Penrhyn.
Tivaevae
A major art form in the Cook Islands is tivaevae. This is, in essence, the art of handmade Island scenery patchwork quilts. Introduced by the wives of missionaries in the 19th century, the craft grew into a communal activity and is probably one of the main reasons for its popularity.
Contemporary Art
The Cook Islands has produced internationally recognised contemporary artists, especially in the main island of Rarotonga. Artists include painter (and photographer) Mahiriki Tangaroa, sculptors Eruera (Ted) Nia (originally a film maker) and master carver Mike Tavioni, painter (and Polynesian tattoo enthusiast) Upoko’ina Ian George, Aitutakian-born painter Tim Manavaroa Buchanan, Loretta Reynolds, Judith Kunzlé, Joan Rolls Gragg, Kay George (who is also known for her fabric designs), Apii Rongo, and multi-media, installation and community-project artist Ani O'Neil, all of whom currently live on the main island of Rarotonga. Atiuan-based Andrea Eimke is an artist who works in the medium of tapa and other textiles, and also co-authored the book 'Tivaivai - The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands' with British academic Susanne Kuechler. Many of these artists have studied at university art schools in New Zealand and continue to enjoy close links with the New Zealand art scene.
New Zealand-based Cook Islander artists include Michel Tuffrey, print-maker David Teata, Richard Shortland Cooper, Sylvia Marsters, and Jim Vivieaere.
On Rarotonga, the main commercial galleries are Beachcomber Contemporary Art (Taputapuatea, Avarua) run by Ben Bergman, and The Art Gallery ('Arorangi). The Cook Islands National Museum also exhibits art.
Wildlife
The national flower of the Cook Islands is the Tiare maori or Tiale maoli (Penrhyn, Nassau, Pukapuka).[19]
The Cook Islands are infested with Kiore toka (Ship rat).[20] and Polynesian rat[21] The infestation has devastated the bird population on the islands.[22]
In April 2007, 27 Kuhl's Lorikeet were re-introduced to Atiu from Rimatara. Fossil and oral traditions indicate that the species was formerly on at least five islands of the southern group. Excessive exploitation for its red feathers is the most likely reason for the species's extinction in the Cook Islands.[23]
Sport
Main article: Sport in the Cook Islands
See also: Netball in the Cook Islands
Rugby league is the most popular sport in the Cook Islands.[24] Association football (soccer) and rugby union are also popular.[citation needed]
See also
Geography portal
Oceania portal
Commonwealth realms portal
New Zealand portal
Outline of the Cook Islands
Index of Cook Islands-related articles
Demographics of the Cook Islands
References
This article uses bare URLs for citations. Please consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable. Several templates and the Reflinks tool are available to assist in formatting. (Reflinks documentation) (October 2011)
^ World fact book : Cook Islands
^ UN THE WORLD TODAY (PDF) and Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs Supplement No. 8; page 10
^ Cook Islands Maori dictionary by Jasper Buse & Raututi Taringa, Cook Islands Ministry of Education (1995) page 200
^ A View from the Cook Islands SOPAC
^ "QuickStats About Culture and Identity - Pacific Peoples". 2006 Census. Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829173025/http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/quickstats-about-culture-identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity.htm?page=para016Master. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
^ "The Cook Islands Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update For the Financial Year 2010/2011". Cook Islands Ministry of Finance & Economic Management. December 2010. p. 7. http://www.mfem.gov.ck/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&task=download&id=350&format=raw.
^ "Cook Islands Travel Guide" (with description), World Travel Guide, Nexus Media Communications, 2006. Webpage: WTGuide-Cook-Islands.
^ Cook Islands Samoa2007.com
^ European discovery of the Cook Islands by Brian Hooker[dead link]
^ Cook : the extraordinary voyages of Captain James Cook, 2003, by Nicholas Thomas, page 310-311.
^ "Cook Islands Government website". Cook-islands.gov.ck. http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/history.php. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "Ten Decades: The Australasian Centenary History of the London Missionary Society, Rev. Joseph King (Word document)". http://www.chr.org.au/fpbooks/tendecades/TEN%20DECADES%20Chapter%203.doc. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "History of the Cook Islands". Ck. http://www.ck/history.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
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^ "Treaty Between the United States of America and the Cook Islands on Friendship and Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary Between the United States of America and the Cook Islands (and Exchange of Notes)". Pacific Islands Treaty Series. University of the South Pacific School of Law. http://www.paclii.org/pits/en/treaty_database/1980/6.html. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
^ "Agreement on Maritime Delimitation Between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the French Republic". Pacific Islands Treaty Series. University of the South Pacific School of Law. http://www.paclii.org/pits/en/treaty_database/1990/4.html. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
^ http://www.transparency.org.au/documents/cookislands.pdf
^ RAROTONGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT (REPEAL) BILL TO BE TABLED, Cook Islands Government and HERALD WEEKLY ISSUE 393 :09 February 2008
^ "Cook Islands Wildlife". govisitcookislands.com. http://www.govisitcookislands.com/cook-islands/wildlife.asp.
^ "Cook Islands Biodiversity: Rattus rattus - Ship Rat". Cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=8747. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ ""Cook Islands Biodiversity: Rattus exulans - Pacific Rat"". Cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=8745. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "Cook Islands Biodiversity: The Status of Cook Islands Birds - 1996". Cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. 2005-09-24. http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/showarticle.asp?id=7. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "BirdLife International: Rimatara Lorikeet (Vini kuhlii) at". Birdlife.org. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1365&m=0. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ http://www.wearerugby.com/news/articles/cook-islands-financial-strife
Further reading
Gilson, Richard. The Cook Islands 1820-1950. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1980. ISBN 0705507351
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