New Zealand is south west of the Cook Islands
New Zealand controls the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands is a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand, which means it governs its domestic affairs but relies on New Zealand for defense and foreign relations.
The Cook Islands are a protectorate of New Zealand.
Cook Strait separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand.Cook Strait runs from the Tasman Sea on the western side of New Zealand to the Pacific Ocean on the east.
Cook Strait lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Cook Strait separates the two islands of New Zealand.
There are no land masses 'surrounding' Cook Islands. The nearest land to the Cook Islands is New Zealand.
Captain James Cook visited the islands of Fiji, Hawaii, Cook Islands and New Zealand.
Western Samoa is 1 hr. ahead of New Zealand (all year).
The Cook Strait separates the two main islands of New Zealand.
The Cook Islands are an independent nation in free association with New Zealand. In practice this means these folk have free access to NZ, but they have their own laws and parliament in the home islands.
James Cook was able to determine that New Zealand was not a continent because he circumnavigated the islands, sailing around the islands and charting them as he went.
Samoa and Tonga to the west of the Cook Islands, and Tahiti to the east. Aotearoa New Zealand lie south of the Cook Islands.