Smile of the Day June 11, 2022: Cook Islands Annexed and Proclaimed Part of New Zealand
On June 11, 1901, the Cook Island were included within the boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand, having been previously annexed as British Territory in 1900. The Cook Islands contain 15 islands in the group spread over a vast area in the South Pacific. The majority of islands are low coral atolls in the Northern Group, with Rarotonga, a volcanic island in the Southern Group, as the main administration and government centre.