See Cook Island for individual islands of that name.

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Cook Islands

Kūki 'Āirani

Official Language	English, Cook Islands Maori
Capital	Avarua
Head of State	Queen Elizabeth II (as Queen in right of New Zealand)
Queen's Representative	Sir Frederick Goodwin KBE
Prime Minister	Jim Marurai
Area	240 km² (92.7 sq. mi)
Population (July 2005 Estimate)	17,954
Establishment  – Date	Became self-governing in free association with New Zealand August 4, 1965.
National anthem	Te Atua Mou E (God is Truth)
Currency	New Zealand dollar (NZD). Also, have local $5, $2 and $1 coins that can't be used elsewhere.
Time zone	UTC -10
Calling Code	682
Internet TLD	.ck
Map of The Cook Islands
The Matavera Christian Church in Rarotonga

The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Maori: Kūki 'Āirani) are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand. The 15 small islands in this South Pacific Ocean have a total land area of 240 square kilometres (92.7 sq. mi).

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