Wikipedia:WikiProject Cook Islands
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Category | Cook Islands |
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Parent project(s) | Polynesia |
Project banner template | {{WikiProject Polynesia|CI=yes}} |
Userbox | {{User WikiProject Cook Islands}} |
Welcome to WikiProject Cook Islands! This group was formed to better organize articles on the Cook Islands in a spirit of cooperation.
Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Cook Islands, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Cook Islands in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Cook Islands or one of its subcategories.
Milestones
- 500 articles: 10 October 2017
- 750 articles: 28 July 2020
- 1000 articles: 22 September 2020
- 1100 articles: 6 September 2022
Members
Active members
To join WikiProject Cook Islands, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- John Carter 17:10, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- IdiotSavant (talk · contribs) 03:28:46, 26 June 2020 (UTC) – politics and MPs
- AMitzikarlA•Let's talk• 1:09, 5 November 2020 (UTC) – History and Geography
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 04:51:31, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
Member identification
Members of WikiProject Cook Islands should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Cook Islands participants.
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For other Cook Islands user templates see Category:Cook Islands user templates.
Article alerts
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Categories for discussion
- 26 Feb 2025 – Category:Historical events in the Cook Islands (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 03 Feb 2025 – Draft:South Pacific Pocket Guide (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LolaPGWiki (t · c)
To do list

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Main articles
Most of these important articles still need improving to meet the best quality for Wikipedia. Some are still start-quality or lists and need expanding.
- Cook Islands
- Cook Islanders
- Geography of the Cook Islands
- History of the Cook Islands
- Avarua
- Politics of the Cook Islands
Missing articles
Cook Islands
- redlinks on Outline of the Cook Islands
- Name of the Cook Islands (etymology)
- Geography
- Area of the Cook Islands
- Population of the Cook Islands
- Environment
- Regions
- Government and Politics
- redlinks on List of schools in the Cook Islands
- redlinks on the national redlist
- redlinks on Cook Islands national rugby league team, and on all the national teams linked in {{National sports teams of the Cook Islands}}
- 1st Cook Islands Parliament
- 2nd Cook Islands Parliament
- 3rd Cook Islands Parliament
- 4th Cook Islands Parliament
- 5th Cook Islands Parliament
- 6th Cook Islands Parliament
- 7th Cook Islands Parliament
- 8th Cook Islands Parliament
- 9th Cook Islands Parliament
- Agnes Bell, Atlantic, and Makea Ariki - all wrecked at Rarotonga in 1884
- Andrea Eimke - artist
- Angelina Tuara, politician
- Araura Primary School
- Arorangi School, Cook Islands
- Attina Sawtell - runner
- Avatea School
- Barque Sargossa - shipwreck in Mangaia
Constitution of the Cook Islands
- Cook Islands Executive Council
- Cook Islands General Transport - shipping company
- Cook Islands Herald
- David Marama Hosking, Speaker of Parliament
- Dr. Teariki Matenga, politician
- Eugene Tatuava, politician
- Executive Council of the Cook Islands - see Cook Islands Court of Appeal
- Geoffrey Heather, politician
- Infrastructure Cook Islands - government ministry
- Keni Moeroa - MNZM
- Koutu Nui
- Lauaki Jason Annandale - solicitor-general [1]
- Law of the Cook Islands
- Lily Ngaata - marathon runner
- Lucky School, Palmerston Island
- Malcolm Grant Sword (1929 - 1985) - entrepreneur
- Manea Tamarua, politician, early CIP deputy
- Mangaia School
- Mauke School
- Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka - book
- Moana Nui - ran aground in Nassau
- Moetu Tangitamaiti - athlete
- Muri Beach
- MV Mataora - shipwreck in Rarotonga
- Nassau School
- New Zealand Rarotongan Company
- Nga Teao Papatua - public servant
- Nihi Vini, politician
- Nikao School
- Niua School
- Nooapii Tearea - Ombudsman
- Oliver Dare - resident commissioner 1960-65
- Ombudsman (Cook Islands)
- Omoka School
- Paora Teiti, politician
- Papa Pukeiti, politician
- Peter Tom Marsters - Boxer
- Rakahanga School
- Raututi Taringa, Speaker of Parliament
- RMS Maitai - shipwreck in Avarua harbour
- Robert Fisher (judge) (born 1941) - judge of the Cook Islands Court of Appeal
- Roseline Blake - diplomat
- Rutaki School
- Takitumu School
- Tamarii Tutangata - public servant (bio)
- Tangata Nekeare - politician
- Tauhunu School
- Te Maeva Nui
- Teanuanua Teariki Kamana - sportsman
- Ted Nia - film-maker obit
Telecom Cook Islands
- Teremoana Maua-Hodges QSM
- Teremoana Yala MNZM - high commisioner to NZ
- Tetautua School
- Titikaveka College
- Tina Iro - 2022 Cook Islander of the year [2]
- Tiaki Wuatai, politician
- Tukao School
- Tumoana Pakari - marathon runner
- Tupui Henry, politician
- Uaongo Areai athlete - gold at 1985 SP mini games
- Unakea Kauvai OBE - weightlifter and public servant
- Upokomaki Simpson, politician
- Vaitau Primary School
- Vaka Paikea
- William Estall, politician, Cabinet Minister and pre-independence Leader of Government Business
- William Tailby - resident commissioner 1943-51
- Yvonne Underhill-Sem - academic, MNZM
Stubs
Stub categories
- Category:Cook Islands stubs – {{CookIslands-stub}}
- Category:Cook Islands geography stubs – {{CookIslands-geo-stub}}, {{CookIslands-river-stub}}
- Category:Cook Island people stubs – {{CookIslands-bio-stub}}
- Category:Cook Island politician stubs – {{CookIslands-politician-stub}}
- Category:Cook Island sportspeople stubs – {{CookIslands-sport-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-athletics-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-boxing-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-footy-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-rugbyleague-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{CookIslands-yachtracing-bio-stub}}
Unreferenced BLPs
- Add references to /Unreferenced BLPs
Requested images
If an article needs an image add {{Image requested|in=the Cook Islands}}
to the articles' talk page.
Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in the Cook Islands lists all pages for which an image has been requested.
Recognized content
Featured articles
Good articles
1990–91 South Pacific cyclone season
1994–95 South Pacific cyclone season
1995–96 South Pacific cyclone season
2001–02 South Pacific cyclone season
Arago hotspot
Charles III
Cook Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cook Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Culture of the Cook Islands
Cyclone Nancy
Cyclone Pat
Cyclone Percy
Cyclone Sina
Survivor: Cook Islands
Cyclone Trina
Former good articles
Did you know? articles
1994–95 South Pacific cyclone season
Arago hotspot
Charles III
Cook Islands Local Defence Force
Cook Islands National Museum
Culture of the Cook Islands
Cyclone Nancy
Elizabeth II
Johnny Frisbie
Fanaura Kingstone
Macdonald hotspot
Cyclone Meena
Messenger of Peace (missionary ship)
Netball in the Cook Islands
Cyclone Pat
Protoblepharon rosenblatti
Dorice Reid
Telecommunications in the Cook Islands
Teanau Tuiono
Bob Worthington
In the News articles
Sources
The following regularly updated information sources regularly contain material pertinent to this topic in English.
Templates
Place {{WikiProject Polynesia|class=|importance=|CI=yes|CI-importance=}}
onto any new Cook Islands article's talk page for it to be recognised and assessed under the project's scope. An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters and helps organise relevant articles for improvement. When assessed, the class and importance parameters are filled in, like this:
{{WikiProject Polynesia|class=Start|importance=Mid|CI=yes|CI-importance=High}}
and the banner looks like this:
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Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Cook Islands/Popular pages