The Cook Islands are a protectorate of New Zealand.
New Zealand governs the Cook Islands.
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 separates the two islands of New Zealand.
Cook Strait lies between the North and South 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.
Cook Islanders migrated to New Zealand for various reasons, such as seeking better economic opportunities, education, healthcare, and a higher standard of living. Additionally, some Cook Islanders moved to New Zealand to be closer to family members who had already migrated there.
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.