Cook Islands election: PM Mark Brown speaks on the diplomatic crises that defined his year
- As voters in the Cook Islands prepare to head to the polls in a high-stakes general election, they will have much to reflect on.
- Over recent years, politics in this small island nation has been defined by fierce debates about deep-sea mining, diplomatic rifts with ally New Zealand and a major reshaping of the country’s foreign partnerships.
- In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, days before Wednesday’s poll, Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown defended his four-year term and the decisions he made that have seen this South Pacific nation of 17,000 people pushed into the international li
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- As voters in the Cook Islands prepare to head to the polls in a high-stakes general election, they will have much to reflect on.
- Over recent years, politics in this small island nation has been defined by fierce debates about deep-sea mining, diplomatic rifts with ally New Zealand and a major reshaping of the country’s foreign partnerships.
- In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, days before Wednesday’s poll, Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown defended his four-year term and the decisions he made that have seen this South Pacific nation of 17,000 people pushed into the international li
Sources: Guardian