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Bank and Public Holidays for Cook Islands

Cook Islands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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03 Nov 2011 (Office of Prime Minister Organization-Avarua) The government of the Cook Islands has released a list of non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2012. • 15 Jul 2011 (Office of Prime Minister Organization-Avarua) Yesterday, the Cook Islands Parliament approved the declaration of a new annual non-working public holiday on July 6, called "Ra O Te Ui Ariki". • 30 Sep 2010 (Cook Islands News-Avarua) The Parliament of the Cook Islands is currently reviewing proposed changes to the Cook Islands labour law. • 25 Jul 2010 (Office of Prime Minister Organization-Avarua) The government of the Cook Islands has released a list of public holidays for the first part of 2011. • 08 Dec 2003 (Government of the Cook Islands) Cook Islands' Prime Minister’s Office chief of staff, Joe Caffery, has released a statement clarifying the list of public holidays in the Cook Islands and the dates on which they are to be observed. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Cook Islands public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Cook Islands are observed on the days prescribed by the Public Holidays Act 1999, as clarified by a notice released by the Prime Minister's Office on December 8, 2003. • When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is to be observed on the following Monday. • Cook Islands International Codes CK and COK (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ck (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Cook Islands information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Cook Islands maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Cook Islands), and Wikipedia (includes Cook Islands commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Cook Islands, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Cook Islands, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Cook Islands. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Cook Islands, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Cook Islands, before planning any trip to Cook Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.