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Cook Islanders hit the ballot box to choose their leaders – ABC Pacific
It's election day in the Cook Islands, with 7,000 voters expected to participate in polling.
Political commentator Thomas Tarurongo Wynne says the results will be known by 6 pm local time.
A big question is whether Prime Minister Mark Brown and his Cook Islands Party will return for another four years.
Mr Wynne, says the answer to that question is uncertain at the moment, but what is clear is that, like previous years, the next government is likely to be a coalition of parties.
Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo: Charlotte Graham-McLay)
Cook Islands election: PM Mark Brown speaks on the diplomatic crises that defined his year
The prime minister tells the Guardian that last year’s diplomatic rift with ally New Zealand could be on voters’ minds as they head to the polls
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 limelight, turning it into a battleground for influence between Beijing and western powers.
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