INTRODUCTION
The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the south pacific ocean in free association with NZ. It compromises 15 islands whose total area is 240 square kilometers.
LOCATION
The fifteen Cook Islands are in the south pacific ocean to the northeast of NZ and the to the southwest of the united states.
CLIMATE
In the Cook Islands, the summers are warm, oppressively wet, and overcast. The winters are comfortable.
GEOGRAPHY
The Cook islands are situated 3,500 [200m] northeast of NZ and 1,100KM southwest of Tahiti in the south pacific.
POPULATION
The cook island population is 17,597.
CULTURE
Embraces dance, music, storytelling, and food.
HISTORY
Originally named the Helvey isles after a British lord the Russians named them the cook Island in honor of the famous captain in 1823.