When the Cook Islands was granted “internal self-government” in 1965—while still remaining a New Zealand colony—Albert Henry’s Cook Islands Party won the territory’s first election.

Hundreds of whales have been stranded on remote islands off the east coast of New Zealand within a few days of each other. Some 250 pilot whales have been spotted on Pitt Island, the second ...

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) The country ...