Cook Islands (1965.8.4-present) #首都: Avarua. Continent: Oceania. Official language: English/Cook Islands Māori # Currency: Cook Islands dollar (auxiliary currency unit is 1 cent = 100 cents) .New Zealand dollar (used before 1967)
The Cook Islands is a Pacific island belonging to Australia with a population of 18,000 people, due to the small population that has been worshipping fertility since ancient times. The banknotes issued were printed with the totem of the reproductive god they worshipped (old banknotes), which can be said to be unique in the world's banknotes.
The Cook Islands is a group of 15 islands located in the South Pacific, between French Polynesia and Fiji, named after Captain James Cook, who explored the South Pacific Ocean on an expedition and discovered many islands, and is New Zealand's free association zone. Despite the small size of the land, the economic area around the Cook Islands is as large as 2 million square kilometres, so fishery resources account for a very high proportion of the islands' economic importance. 69% of the inhabitants are Protestant and 15% Roman Catholic. The Polynesian rat infestation in the Cook Islands has caused serious damage to the island's birds. The overall economy of the Cook Islands is dominated by tourism, plantation, fishing and offshore finance. Black pearl culture is also quite famous. Externally, New Zealand oversees its foreign and defence affairs. Maori inhabited the island.In 1773, the British navigator Captain James Cook explored the area, which was named after "Cook". It became a British protectorate in 1888. It became a dependency of New Zealand in June 1901. In 1964, a referendum was held under the supervision of the United Nations to adopt the Constitution. With the entry into force of the Constitution on 4 August 1965, the Library enjoyed full internal self-government, full legislative and executive powers, free association with New Zealand, and New Zealand was responsible for defence and foreign affairs. The islanders are British subjects and New Zealand citizens.
