A referendum on reducing the term length of Parliament from five to four years was held in the Cook Islands on 7 September 2004. It followed a referendum...

A referendum on reducing the term length of Parliament from five to four years was held in the Cook Islands on 16 June 1999. The proposal would amend...

Parliament of the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Te Marae Akarau Vānanga o te Kuki Airani) is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established...

Communities membership referendum, also known variously as the Referendum on the European Community (Common Market), the Common Market referendum and EEC membership...

Puna (born 29 July 1949) is a Cook Islands politician. He most recently served as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum from May of 2021 to 2024...

when she was appointed to Cabinet. Cook Islanders voted on its future as part of the 1994 Cook Islands referendum but voted to retain it by 56 to 43 percent...

of state, creating a parliamentary republic. Two models of a republic along with the status quo would have been put to a referendum: Election of the head...

Two referendums were held by the New Zealand Government in November/December 2015 and March 2016 to determine the nation's flag. The voting resulted in...

Retrieved 27 June 2016. Cook 2010, p. 249. Cook 2010, p. 294. Stone, Jon (25 June 2016). "Liberal Democrats pledge to ignore referendum result and keep Britain...

withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Following a referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016, Brexit officially took place at 23:00...

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland...

March 2020). "Attempt to put abortion law changes to a referendum fails crucial Parliamentary vote". Stuff. Retrieved 18 March 2020. "Contraception, Sterilisation...

indicate the year each country became a dominion or Commonwealth realm. The Cook Islands and Niue are under the sovereignty of the King of New Zealand as self-governing...

referendum allows the president to run for two consecutive five-year terms. Previously during the time of Union of the Comoros, there was a one-term rotational...

April 13, 2021. "Scott Islands Marine National Widllife Area". Protected Planet. Retrieved September 25, 2020. "Proposed Scott Islands Marine National Wildlife...

September 2016. Elizabeth II (1981), Constitution of the Cook Islands, 3.1, Avarua: Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2 January 2010...

southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition...

indigenous to mainland Australia and associated islands, excluding the Torres Strait Islands. The broad term Aboriginal Australians includes many regional...

self-government and the declaration of Iceland as a republic in 1944, the islands held a referendum in 1946 that resulted in a narrow majority for independence. The...

Scottish Government making a request for a Section 30 order (parliamentary powers) to hold a referendum. If that was rejected, it would ask the UK Supreme Court...

monarchic realm. The Cook Islands and Niue are officially termed associated states. Puerto Rico (since 1952) and the Northern Mariana Islands (since 1986) are...

Zealand, except for the electoral system and term of parliament. However, there have been several referendums in New Zealand's history, most recently to...

Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines...

Argentina made territorial claims on the Falkland Islands. In response, Callaghan sent HMS Endurance to the islands, in order to send a message to Argentina that...

the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony. A referendum was held in 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their...

and later confirmed that an independence referendum would be held in the second half of the parliamentary term. Salmond in his 2010 New Year message highlighted...

13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012. Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center...

Islands, the Coral Sea Islands, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the Indian Ocean territories (Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)...

the Samoan Islands, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands, and northwest of the Cook Islands. Tokelau...

19 October 2023, a few days after the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum Crisafulli announced the LNP will be dropping its support for Treaty....