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* 1965 – The Constitution of Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.

* Constitution Day ( Cook Islands )

In the Cook Islands, blue laws were first written legislation, enacted by the London Missionary Society in 1827, with the consent of ariki ( chiefs ).

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The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777.

The Cook Islands became a British protectorate in 1888.

The Cook Islands contain 15 islands in the group spread over a vast area in the South Pacific.

The main Cook Islands language is Rarotongan Māori.

The Cook Islands were first settled around 600 AD by Polynesian people who migrated from nearby Tahiti to the southeast.

Spanish ships visited the islands in the 16th century ; the first written record of contact from Europeans with the native inhabitants of the Cook Islands came with the sighting of Pukapuka by Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña in 1595 who called it San Bernardo ( Saint Bernard ).

British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 ; Cook named the islands the ' Hervey Islands ' to honour a British Lord of the Admiralty ; Half a century later the Baltic German Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern published the Atlas de l ' Ocean Pacifique, in which he renamed the islands the Cook Islands to honour Cook.

More accurately, he changed the name of those which comprised the Southern Group and it was subsequently applied to all 15 islands when the New Zealand Parliament passed " The Cook Islands and other Islands Government Act " in 1901.

After being proclaimed on 20 April 1970 as an Act of Queensland Parliament, The University College of Townsville became James Cook University of North Queensland on 29 April 1970.

Deakin resigned from Parliament prior to the 1913 election, with Joseph Cook winning the Liberal Party leadership ballot.

Robert Finlayson Cook ( 28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005 ), known as Robin Cook, was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001.

When the first federal Parliament was elected in 1901, Cook was elected, unopposed by Labor, member for Parramatta, a seat which then included the Lithgow area.

Cook resigned from Parliament in 1921 and was appointed Australian High Commissioner in London, where he served until 1927.

He was put on trial for the murder of Cook in 1856, and an Act of Parliament was passed to allow the trial to be held at the Old Bailey, London, as it was felt that a fair jury could not be found in Staffordshire.

Francis Cook ( 3 November 1935 – 11 January 2012 ) was a British Independent politician, who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Stockton North from 1983 until 2010.

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However Harry finds support in Joan Cook, a loyal Member of Parliament ( MP ) and Home Secretary ; and Thompson, Perkins ' Press Secretary ; Inspector Page, his Head of Security and Monty Kowalski, his Military Adviser.

The departure of Brian Gould to New Zealand removed an alternative focus for policy formulation and Robin Cook, who later re-emerged after the Iraq War as an alternative leader on the Left, appeared to choose engagement with rather than resistance to Blairism at this time as did most of those associated with the " soft Left " What's Left group in Parliament.

Both major political parties – the Democratic Party and the Cook Islands Party-jointly asked the Queen's Representative to recall Parliament, but the latter is constitutionally prevented from acting except on the advice of the Prime Minister.

* Marurai biographic notice on the Parliament of the Cook Islands website

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* William Cook ( MP ) for Lewes ( UK Parliament constituency )

The Parliament of the Cook Islands has 24 members, elected for a four year term in single-seat constuencies.

* Peter Cook ( MP ) for Leominster ( UK Parliament constituency ) 1390 and 1391

It is currently the Opposition party in the Cook Islands Parliament.

The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983.

* Mapu Taia ( born 1939 ), Cook Islands politician and Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament

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Category: Members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands

With the first reports, Russell's horse wheeled to the right and ran towards the buildings while Cook, followed by a hail of bullets, raced towards the arroyo of Salyer's Canyon immediately in front of him, just reaching it as his horse fell.

As late as 1960 five shops existed in the Village ( Griffin's sub-Post Office, The Blenheim Steps, Cook & Son ( sweets and groceries ), Hawes Brothers ( grocers ) and Vincett's ( butchers )) but although the buildings survive, they have all since been converted into private houses, as the retail focus in the area shifted to Mill Hill Broadway.

This action spurred the passage of a preservation ordinance, creating the Grand Cane Preservation Commission, which resulted in the subsequent listing on the National Register of Historic Places of several buildings in the Historic District ( Platt, Old Post Office, Cook & Douglas, Hicks & Richardson, & Ricks Bros .).

Low-rise apartment buildings predominate in sections, with further commercial development along Cook and Quadra Streets.

In 2006, two new residential buildings, including rooms for 70 students as well as accommodation for married couples, were opened ; these were named after the then Master of the College Sir Brian Heap and the Vice-Master Geoffrey Cook.

His later design work was said to have been influenced by the pioneering work of Liverpool architect Peter Ellis, who designed and built the world's first two metal-framed, glass curtain-walled buildings, Oriel Chambers ( 1864 ) and 16 Cook Street ( 1866 ).

Thales Australia is best known for its naval ship repair operations, and currently leases the Captain Cook graving dock at Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, New South Wales and also leases and occupies many of the buildings there.

Oriel Chambers and 16 Cook Street were featured in the first episode of the ITV ( Granada / Tyne Tees ) television series Grundy's Northern Pride, looking at John Grundy's favourite buildings in the north of England, aired on 9 January 2007.

Other new campus buildings include: Henry Blackaby Hall, the Brownstones Apartment Complex, the Colonial Village Apartment Complex ( D. Harold Byrd, Jr. Hall ; J. Blair Blackburn Hall, Sheila Cook Hall, Noble and Jane Hurley Hall, Fred and Mary Lou White Hall, and the Ebby Halliday Center ), the International Center, the Tom and Alicia Landry Welcome Center, Harold and Mildred Sadler Patriot Baseball Clubhouse, and the Williamsburg Village Townhomes.

Built between 1924 and 1933 by the architectural firm York and Sawyer with funds donated by William Cook ( an alumnus ), the Cook Law Quadrangle comprises four buildings:

The park contains electric barbecues, tables and chairs, sculptures, toilets and ample views of the Captain Cook Bridge, mangroves, the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and downtown buildings across the river.

The project was designed by Cook + Fox Architects to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world.