Ficha de relación
Islas Cook
Nueva Zelanda
Evaluación de la relación
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A close free-association relationship combines Cook Islands self-government with enduring New Zealand support and shared responsibilities.
Islas Cook hacia Nueva Zelanda
+75The Cook Islands maintains a constitutional relationship of free association with New Zealand and conducts its own international relations. Its government participates in consultation on New Zealand’s responsibilities for defence and foreign affairs, while maintaining close political and institutional ties.
Nueva Zelanda hacia Islas Cook
+80New Zealand supports the Cook Islands under the free-association arrangement, including substantial assistance and New Zealand citizenship for Cook Islanders. It retains responsibilities for defence and aspects of foreign affairs, exercised in consultation with the Cook Islands government.
Relación general
+80The relationship is structured by the Cook Islands’ self-government in free association with New Zealand, a durable arrangement dating from 1965. New Zealand citizenship, assistance, and consultation on defence and foreign affairs underpin close cooperation, while the Cook Islands has developed its own international relations. The relationship is unusually integrated but preserves Cook Islands self-government.
Cómo interpretar estas puntuaciones
Las puntuaciones son valoraciones aproximadas, no mediciones objetivas ni una verificación actual. Las puntuaciones direccionales describen políticas y actuaciones gubernamentales, no la opinión pública. La puntuación general es una estimación independiente, nunca un promedio.
- −100
- Hostilidad extrema y sostenida
- −50
- Considerablemente adversa
- 0
- Mixta o neutral, respaldada por información
- +50
- Considerablemente cooperativa
- +100
- Asociación excepcionalmente estrecha y sostenida
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Contexto de la relación
Panorama general
The Cook Islands and New Zealand have a close, durable relationship grounded in the Cook Islands’ self-government in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islanders hold New Zealand citizenship, and New Zealand provides substantial support while retaining responsibilities for defence and aspects of foreign affairs in consultation with the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands also conducts its own international relations. These arrangements create extensive cooperation alongside a distinctive and evolving constitutional relationship.
Acontecimientos clave
The Cook Islands became self-governing in free association with New Zealand, establishing the constitutional basis of their relationship.
The two governments adopted a joint declaration reaffirming the free-association relationship and the Cook Islands’ capacity to conduct its own international relations.
Principales incertidumbres
- The practical scope of New Zealand’s responsibilities for defence and foreign affairs, and how these are exercised in consultation, can vary by issue.
- The scale and terms of New Zealand’s current assistance are not specified here.