The Cook Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean, from 8 degrees to 23 degrees south latitude and 156 degrees 167 degrees west longitude. The Cook Islands covers an area of 240 square kilometers and has a total of 15 islets. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal states can have 12 territorial waters and a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. The Cook Islands have an exclusive economic zone of 2 million, and although the Cook Islands have a small land area, they have a large area of sea.
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The economy of the Cook Islands is mainly based on tourism, agriculture, fishing and finance. The Cook Islands' pillar industry is tourism, the Cook Islands has natural Pacific scenery, beaches are not polluted, can attract Australia and New Zealand to travel, North American tourists are also the main source of tourists in the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands live in the tropics and mainly have coffee, mangoes, papayas and pineapples, among others. The Cook Islands has an exclusive economic zone of 2 million and its main export is black pearls. Black pearls account for 90% of the Cook Islands' seafood exports. The Cook Islands economy is largely dependent on New Zealand and Australian economic aid, with New Zealand accounting for 60 per cent and Australia 20 per cent.
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Cook Islands
Cook Islands Aboriginal Māori. Maori began living in the Cook Islands around the 5th century AD. The Maori are predominantly engaged in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Māori have a distinct national language but no written language. Western countries massacred Maori during the colonial process, and now there are only 700,000 Maori people, most of them in New Zealand.
Maori
In the 16th century, Spain was the maritime hegemon of the time. In 1595, Spanish warships arrived in the Cook Islands and recorded their location on world charts. This is also the first time that the Cook Islands have appeared on a nautical chart.
In 1606, the Portuguese sailor Pedro . Fernandez landed in the Cook Islands and named the Cook Islands "Genter Her mo sa," which means "beautiful people." ”
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Cook Islands
At the end of the 18th century, British captain Cook led the fleet on a global voyage, and he came to the Cook Islands and named himself the Cook Islands. The name Cook Islands has been used until now.
Captain Cook
At the end of the 19th century, after the industrial revolution of Britain, its comprehensive national strength continued to increase, and Britain embarked on the road of foreign expansion. British colonies began to spread across the globe. The British incorporated the Cook Islands into a colony of the British Empire in 1888.
In 1905, Britain transferred the Cook Islands to New Zealand. The British invaded New Zealand in the 18th century. In 1907, New Zealand began the road to self-government. At that time, diplomatic, military and other powers were controlled by Britain.
At the end of the 60s of the 20th century, the global colonial independence movement was blowing. In 1964, the Cook Islands adopted a constitution under United Nations supervision and began the path to self-government.
Flag of self-government of the Cook Islands
In 1965, the Cook Islands went through negotiations with New Zealand. The Cook Islands were granted self-government and New Zealand was responsible for the Cook Islands diplomatic, military and powers. Cook became a New Zealand Overseas Territory.
In 1989, New Zealand had sent a letter to the United Nations declaring that the Cook Islands had the capacity to conduct external affairs independently and sign international agreements, and hoped that the international community would recognize the Cook Islands as an independent State.
New Zealand to Cook Islands distance
Australia treats the South Pacific as its own back garden. Australia is the only regional power in Oceania, with a land area of 7.69 million square kilometers and a population of 25 million. Australia is the shadow behind the main intervention in the South Pacific.
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