5 Mar 2019

Cook Islands launches name change committee

From , 5:03 am on 5 March 2019

A government-backed committee in the Cook Islands has been tasked with finding a Cook Islands Māori name for the country.

The move has reignited a long-standing call for a public vote on a name change, after a failed referendum in the mid-1990s.

Mackenzie Smith reports.

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Photo: RNZ / Daniela Maoate-Cox