Cook Islands Māori (people)
The Cook Islands Māori (also Cook Islands Maori ) represent the indigenous population of the Cook Islands . They make up 87.7% of the population of the Cook Islands, another 5.8% are partly from Maori.
history
The Polynesian ancestors of the Cook Islands Māori , who came from the Pacific island world, probably settled the island groups of the Cook Islands as early as the 9th century. These were "placed under protection" by the United Kingdom in 1888 , annexed in 1900 and administered by New Zealand . On August 4, 1965, the Cook Islands received full independence and are an independent island state in "free association with New Zealand".
language
The Rarotongan language of the Māori of the Cook Islands has been the official language in the Cook Islands since the Te Reo Maori Act 2003 . It is most closely related to Tahitian and the New Zealand Māori language .
literature
- Selwyn Digby Wilson : Island Territories - Cook Islands . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed December 15, 2015]).
- Dick Scott : Years of the Pooh-Bah. A Cook Islands History . Hodder and Stoughton , Auckland 1991, ISBN 978-0-340-55489-0 (English).
- Jukka Siikala: Akatokamanava; Myth, History and Society in the Southern Cook Islands . University of Hawaii , 1993, ISBN 978-99937-642-7-4 (English).