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	Encyclopedia: Cook Islands
		Aitutaki is one of the Cook Islands, north of Rarotonga.
		Manuae Cook Islands MANUAE is an uninhabited atoll in the southern group of the Cook Islands 100 kilometres south-east of Aitutaki.
		Manihiki Cook Islands Known as the Island of Pearls, this triangular atoll lies 1160km north of Rarotonga, and is said to be one of the groupâ€™s loveliest islands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cook-Islands (1863 words)

	PITIC - Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Cook Islands economy suffers from many of the development impediments common to other small island states in the Pacific region: relatively limited natural resources; remoteness from major trade and industry centres; and a diminishing labour force.
		The Cooks was formally annexed by New Zealand in 1900 and given self-rule in 1965.
		However, the Cook Islands fishery remains largely under-developed, largely as a result of inadequate infrastructure, the dispersed nature of the islands and limited private sector investment.
	www.sptc.gov.au /ausint/climates/cook.htm (938 words)

	Cook Islands Accommodation & Travel Information, Jasons Travel Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Rarotonga, part of the Southern Group of islands, is the vibrant heart of the Cook Island nation.
		The Cook Islands are renowned for the warmth and friendliness of their people; the absence of city bustle ensures a relaxed pace of life.
		Area: The 15 islands of the Cook Island group lie in the centre of the Polynesian triangle, east of Tonga and the Samoas and west of Tahiti.
	www.jasons.com /000549,COOK,,,,pg,1,0.mel (825 words)

	Cook Islands Government Online
		China is ready to enhance friendly relations with all south-Pacific nations including the Cook Islands, and the organisations in the region, Peoples Republic of China Premier Wen Jiabao has told Prime Minister Dr Robert Woonton.
		China and the Cook Islands had advocated that all nations, big or small, were equal since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in 1997.
		He reaffirmed that the government of the Cook Islands adhered to the one-China policy, and would continue to work for friendly and cooperative relations with China.
	www.cook-islands.gov.ck /view_release.php?release_id=574 (472 words)

	The Contemporary Pacific - Political Reviews: Cook Islands, Spring 2005
		Cook Islands Prime Minister Dr Robert Woonton's revelation that Lyon was one of several people interested in purchasing the on-again, off-again Vaima'anga (or Sheraton) hotel project only added to the debacle (CIN, 6 Dec 2003, 1).
		The Cook Islands does not maintain a military force, and the involvement of its police force in a regional defensive role was a challenging and historical step.
		The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Cook Islands Hospitality and Tourism Training Center and the University of the South Pacific Institute of Technology was seen by Prime Minister Woonton as a historic step.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2005/february/tcp-cooks.htm (3864 words)

	Miss Cook Islands Pageant delights South Pacific
		This is the home of the Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association and over the coming weeks and months the site will be filling out with information about the upcoming event.
		in the centre of the Polynesian Triangle, flanked to the west by the Kingdom of Tonga and the Samoas and to the east by Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia.
		Cook Islands General Transport Ltd. Telephone (+682) 24441.
	www.miss-cookislands.com (440 words)

	Features
		Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) general secretary David Lobb said that the two young athletes who didn't specifically meet the criteria had been chosen for their future participation in the codes.
		Henderson says the Cook Islands own Geoff Stoddart had come of his bike while the team was doing a training ride on the course.
		She was selected because of her experience in the Cook Islands as a small island country group especially with the northern islands being coral atolls.
	www.cinews.co.ck /features.htm (5827 words)

	the Cook Islands
		The Cook Islands comprises 15 islands spread over 850,000 square miles (2.2 million square km) of ocean smack in the middle of the South Pacific between Tonga to the west and the Society Islands to the east.
		The Cook Islands consists of two main groups, one in the north and one in the south.
		The island is almost completely encircled by a reef, which harbors a lagoon of clear turquoise waters and many inviting white sand beaches.
	www.ytravelc.com /CookIslands.htm (1999 words)

	Cook Islands Holidays - Transport
		There are two main roads on Rarotonga, you can circle the island on the Ara Tapu sealed road, through the villages and past the beaches; or you can take the older inland road, which winds through fields of taro, pawpaw, bananas and local farmlands.
		A variety of transport options are available, from rental bicycles, motor bikes or cars, to public buses.
		You can hail the bus to stop from anywhere on the main road, and as there are two buses running in opposite directions around the island, you never need to wait more than about 30min for the next to come along.
	www.cookislandsholidays.com /transport.htm (364 words)

	A Fact Sheet: Cook Islands and ADB - ADB.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Breakdown of cumulative ADB lending to the Cook Islands, as of 31 December 2004.
		Contractors/suppliers from the Cook Islands involved in ADB loan projects, 1 January 2000–31 December 2004.
		During the same period, consultants from the Cook Islands were involved in 6 contracts for ADB technical assistance projects worth US$0.3 million.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Fact_Sheets/COO.asp (783 words)

	Cook Islands Government Online
		The prime minister says he also plans to ask the Chinese government whether they are interested in helping out with inter-island sea transport in the Cook Islands on a joint venture basis and will discuss the possibility of the Chinese setting up a full embassy here.
		Other discussions will centre on the $4.8 million Rarotonga courthouse project which is expected to be completed later in the year and a new headquarters for the Cook Islands Police Service which will also be funded and built by the Chinese government.
		It is only the second time a Cook Islands leader has made a state visit to China — the last was in 1998 when then prime minister Sir Geoffrey Henry visited the country after establishing diplomatic ties in 1997.
	www.cook-islands.gov.ck /view_release.php?release_id=556 (546 words)

	Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Cook Islands are becoming a popular holiday destination in the Pacific.
		Rarotonga is the largest island lying at the southern end of the group.
		There are first class resorts, reef protected bays in which to snorkel, swim and sail and local bus transport which encircles the island every 45 minutes.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /cook_islands/cook_islands.asp (128 words)

	Atiu Cook Islands, Travel and Accommodation Guide
		The island is mostly flat and the coast wild and rugged with beautiful cove beaches that are rarely visited.
		The island, an eroded volcanic island, is slowly rising again due to tectonic plate movements and over the past 100,000 has risen 70 feet.
		Atiuans visit the island every so often for copra cutting and egg collecting and it is possible to join them if you're there at the right time.
	www.cook.islands-travel.com /atiu.html (559 words)

	The Cook Islands Transport Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are several car rental agencies on the island with bases at Avarua Town and some of the resorts.
		These can be obtained in about half an hour at the Cook Islands Police Station in Avarua on provision of your home driving license.
		cook island maps ; fiji maps ; samoa maps ; tahiti maps ; tonga maps ; hawaii maps ;
	www.the-cook-islands.com /travel/transfers.html (837 words)

	Cook Islands Tourist Information
		The Cook Islands is a moderately expensive destination with prices slightly higher than those in New Zealand where most things are imported from.
		Cook Islands climate is hot and sunny all year round (day/night average temperature is Jan 22/28; July 20/26) with higher rainfall and more mosquitoes from Dec to April.
		The Cook Islands is one of the main stopovers on the trans Pacific Air New Zealand route between Australia / New Zealand and North America.
	www.cook.islands-holiday.com /tourist-information.html (480 words)

	Cook Islands Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Cook Island's Federation was incorporated in New Zealand in 1901 as an External Territory, since 1965 with complete self-government in free association
		In 1981 the Cook Island constitution was amended so that the Queen's representative was appointed directly by the Queen herself and the Cook Islands parliament was granted complete legislative independence of New Zealand in both internal and external affairs.
		As a result, the current relationship of the monarchy to the Cook Islands is effectively identical to that of any independent Commonwealth monarchy, even though the Queen is still nominally head of state "in right of New Zealand".
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Cook_Islands.htm (342 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Cook Islands - The big picture
		The 14 Pacific island countries have populations ranging from less than 2,000 (Tokelau and Niue) to more than 800,000 (Fiji), for a total population of some 2 million people living on hundreds of islands over thousands of square kilometres of ocean.
		Kiribati, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands are at the lower end of the scale.
		While there are relatively few recorded cases of HIV infection in Pacific island countries, there is the potential for a major crisis in these small island States.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/cookislands.html (1152 words)

	Cook Islands Travel Guide: Travel with PATA - Your One-Stop Guide To Travel In Asia Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Aitutaki's airstrip is at the northern end of the island; there's a bus connecting the airstrip with town, and there are places to hire cars, motorcycles and bicycles at several places around the island.
		Via 18-passenger turboprop planes, Air Rarotonga connects the main island with most of those in the southern group and several in the northern.
		Getting to the outer islands can be a challenge, as ships make it out there infrequently and there are no firm schedules.
	cook-islands.travelwithpata.com /transport.html (558 words)

	Mangaia, Cook Islands
		The principal objective of the project is to study the dynamic interactions between a Polynesian population and their island ecosystem over a several thousand year period.
		Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands, in central Eastern Polynesia.
		The island was divided into six traditional land districts, each occupying a valley with a radial drainage pattern.
	sscl.berkeley.edu /~oal/research/mangaia/mangaia.htm (669 words)

	Captain Cook Cruises - The Small Ship Cruise Line
		There’s no better way to see the Murray River and a slice of the hauntingly beautiful and dramatic Australian outback, its unique flora and fauna, and the rich legacy of old riverside ports and indigenous culture close up than to drift unhurried and quietly under the power of the paddle-wheeler PS Murray Princess.
		Cruise the fabulous Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands for 3,4 or 7 nights aboard 120 passenger Reef Escape/Dro Ki Cakau.
		Captain Cook Cruises is also a boat hire and charter vessel specialist for functions and events including wedding receptions, incentive, conference, meeting, Christmas party and coach groups.
	www.captaincook.com.au (299 words)

	Cook Islands News Friday 8th December 2000
		A government source says the New Zealand government is "not impressed" with the Cooks government deviating from policies of the ongoing economic reform by entering into the shipping business through the Cook Islands Investment Corporation and trying to outlaw companies in competition with its political mates.
		The Atiu Island Council voted for a 7.2 metre barge because they thought that this was the maximum size of barge that could easily be handled on the wharf of Atiu.
		She was referring in particular to the participants in the Cook Islands' first Olympic Solidarity Handball course which ends at the Avatiu Recreation Centre and grounds this week.
	www.cinews.co.ck /Archives/Dec2000/friday_8th_dec.htm (3640 words)

	Cook Islands Holidays - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		We are delighted that you are considering a holiday in the Cook Islands, and hope to provide you with helpful information to assist your decision-making.
		Information about the nation of the Cook Islands, its geographical place in the world, its language/s, currency, cultural background, entry and customs requirements, is all contained within this section.
		Information about getting around in the Cook Islands can be found in the Transport pages.
	www.cookislandsholidays.com (271 words)

	Cook Islands Transport - Resorts, Hotels & Travel (TRAVELMAXIA.COM)
		The other is the modern Ara Tapu, which circumnavigates the island.
		Air Rarotonga operates regular scheduled flights from Rarotonga to eight of the other islands in the southern and northern Cook Islands.
		Charters are also available on a request basis and Air Rarotonga provides a number of excellent daytrips around the islands.
	www.travelmaxia.com /cook_islands/cooks_transport.cfm (206 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Expanded competitive opportunities for airlines to provide services between and beyond New Zealand and the Cook Islands have been created by a new open skies air services agreement between the two countries, the Ministers of Transport and Foreign Affairs and Trade announced today.
		Transport Minister Mark Gosche said that the new agreement, the first open skies agreement which New Zealand has signed with a Pacific Island partner, provides for the possible development of new routes and/or new operators according to commercial demand.
		Mr Gosche said that the agreement complements other open skies agreements which have been signed over the past two years with partners in the Americas and Asia as well as liberalised agreements with Tonga and Samoa in the Pacific.
	www.executive.govt.nz /speech.cfm?speechralph=30195&SR=0 (273 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Economy - overview
		Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop.
		One of the world's poorest countries, Comoros is made up of three islands that have inadequate transportation links, a young and rapidly increasing population, and few natural resources.
		Like many other South Pacific island nations, the Cook Islands' economic development is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, the limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2116.html (16452 words)

	Cook Islands FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Under the Cook Islands educational system, early instruction through about third grade is in the Maori language.
		This conservation area was established in 1996 to protect native plants and animals, and thereby conserve an important part of the Cook Islands' history, culture and unique natural heritage.
		The host organization in the Cook Islands is the Ministry of Health.
	www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/cook/cook_islandsfaq.htm (4625 words)

	Transport around New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
		Once you leave the big cities, driving is the best way to get around, particularly in the less-visited islands where there is no reliable public transport.
		Many people prefer hitching to other forms of transport because you can get dropped off anywhere, allowing you to discover places you may never have dreamt of visiting.
		BUG Ride is BUG's own web-based ride sharing service, it allows travellers to both offer lifts and search for rides throughout New Zealand and the Pacific.
	www.bugpacific.com /transport/index.html (188 words)

	Cook Islands Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		The most famous of the many caves on 'Atiu, which is riddled with limestone caverns complete with...
		Disclaimer: We've tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information.
		You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety, customs and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/cook-islands (127 words)

	Tropical Sands Rarotonga Cook Islands
		So, whilst the South Pacific Ocean is at your front doorstep, we also have a backdrop of magnificent and beautiful mountain ranges, covered in lush green vegetation.
		Muri Beach is considered the best side of the island.
		Tropical Sands is close, yet far enough from the hustle and bustle of Muri to ensure privacy.
	www.pacific-resorts.com /tropicalsands (357 words)

	The Cook Islands, the best kept secret in the Pacific Ocean
		A NET of 15 islands in the heart of the South Pacific spread over an area the size of India with a population no bigger than a small New Zealand country town, 14,000 souls.
		Despite some 70,000 visitors a year to the capital island – Rarotonga – the Cooks are largely unspoiled by tourism.
		Ideal for travellers seeking more than the usual clichés associated with the South Seas, each island has its unique qualities and offers the visitor a special experience.
	www.ck (270 words)

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