Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Cook Islands
Digraph: CW
Type: self-governing parliamentary government in free association with
New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs;
New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs, in
consultation with the Cook Islands
Capital: Avarua
Administrative divisions: none
Independence: none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)
National holiday: Constitution Day, 4 August
Constitution: 4 August 1965
Legal system: NA
Suffrage: universal adult at age NA