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Welcome to Parliament’s 60th Legacy 2025 – Online Exhibition.
This curated digital exhibition forms part of our celebratory events commemorating our 60th year of self-governance. It houses a collection of specially selected materials arranged to create a cohesive showcase of our Cook Islands governance and legislative history. Other aspects of general Cook Islands history are also incorporated to further provide an engaging and educational experience for our visitors to the exhibition.
Enjoy the exhibition, and if you love it very much, tell your friends so they too can have that same experience.
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Symbols of Parliamentary Authority
Governing the Cook Islands Timeline – Pre-contact to 2025
Cook Islands History – 400 CE to 2023
Parliamentary History Timeline 1957 – 2025
- Establishment of the Legislative Assembly 1957
- First Legislative Assembly 1958
- Second Legislative Assembly 1961
- Third Legislative Assembly 1965
- Fourth Legislative Assembly 1968
- Fifth Legislative Assembly 1972
- Sixth Legislative Assembly 1974
- Seventh Legislative Assembly 1978
- Eighth Parliament 1983
- Ninth Parliament 1983
- Tenth Parliament 1989
- Eleventh Parliament 1994
- Twelfth Parliament 1999
- Thirteenth Parliament 2004
- Fourteenth Parliament 2006
- Fifteenth Parliament 2010
- Sixteenth Parliament 2014
- Seventeeth Parliament 2018
- Eighteenth Parliament 2022
Online Repository of Cook Islands Political Development Papers
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples – General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960
- Report to the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands on Constitutional Development, Aikman C C, Davidson J W, Wright JB, 1963
- Question of the Cook Islands – The UN General Assembly, 1965
- Supervision of the elections to be held in the Cook Islands, 1965
- Political Review of the Cook Islands, Crocombe Ron and Marjorie, 1989
- Cook Islands: Constitutional Status and International Personality, Joint Centenary Declaration of the Principles of the Relationship between New Zealand and the Cook Islands, 2001
- Cook Islands in the Realm of New Zealand, Quentin-Baxter A, 2021
‘WHO’S WHO’ IN PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP HISTORY
SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT
‘WHO’S WHO’ IN PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP HISTORY
PREMIERS AND PRIME MINISTERS OF THE SELF-GOVERNANCE ERA
‘WHO’S WHO’ IN PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP HISTORY
THE ADVENT OF 21 COOK ISLANDS WOMEN INTO THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT 1947 – 2025
‘WHO’S WHO’ IN PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP HISTORY
CLERKS OF PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY TIMELINE – THE VIDEO SERIES
Episode 1 Establishment of the Legislative Assembly 1957
Episode 2 The First Legislative Assembly 1958
Episode 3 The Second Legislative Assembly 1961
Episode 4 The Third Legislative Assembly 1965
Episode 5 The Fourth Legislative Assembly 1968
Episode 6 The Fifth Legislative Assembly 1972
Episode 7 The Sixth Legislative Assembly 1974
Episode 8 The Seventh Legislative Assembly 1978
Episode 9 The Eighth Parliament 1983
Episode 10 The Ninth Parliament 1983
Episode 11 The Tenth Parliament 1989
Episode 12 Eleventh Parliament 1994
Episode 13 The Twelfth Parliament 1999
Episode 14 The Thirteenth Parliament 2004
Episode 15 The Fourteenth Parliament 2006
Episode 16 The Fifteenth Parliament 2010
Episode 17 The Sixteenth Parliament 2014
Episode 18 The Seventeenth Parliament 2018
Episode 19 The Eighteenth Parliament 2022
THE DEBATING CHAMBER REMODELLING PROJECT 2019-2020 – A PICTORIAL DEPICTION
