Download or read book Cook Islands - Wink Travel Guide written by Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand, located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, between French Polynesia (Society Islands) to the east and Tonga to the west. This archipelago has 15 inhabited islands spread out over 2.2 million square kilometres of ocean with no land between the tropical Cook Islands and Antarctica. With the same time zone and latitude (south, rather than north) as Hawaii, the islands are sometimes thought of as "Hawaii down under". Though smaller, it reminds some elderly visitors of Hawaii before statehood without all the large tourist hotels and other development. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.