This article lists the diplomatic missions of the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands is a self governing state in free association with New Zealand,[1] it maintains diplomatic relations with 52 states. The Cook Islands has three diplomatic missions abroad (a High Commission in Wellington, a Consulate in Auckland, and a High Commission in Suva, Fiji.[2] It has previously had a High Commission in Canberra and an embassy in Brussels. The High Commission to New Zealand has multiple accreditations.[note 1] The Cook Islands also has a number of honorary consulates.[note 2]
^Alison Quentin-Baxter, “Pacific States and Territories,” paragraph 33, footnote 15 notes the New Zealand Court of Appeal decided that the Cook Islands was a “fully sovereign independent state” as described in its letters patent.
^"The Cook Islands Who's Who". Cook Islands website. Retrieved 29 January 2016. Jonassen, Dr Jon Tikivanotau Michael, MBE...Cook Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea 1997-1999
^"Principality of Monaco". Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^Cook Islands Investment, Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook. Lulu.com. 2015. p. 30. ISBN978-1433075667.