Queen's Representative
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The Queen's Representative is the formal title given to the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of New Zealand
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...
, in the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
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In Commonwealth Realm
Commonwealth Realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
s other than the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the Queen's representative is known as the Governor-General
Governor-General
A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
. As the Cook Islands is constitutionally part of the Realm of New Zealand
Realm of New Zealand
The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area in which the Queen in right of New Zealand is head of state. The Realm comprises New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica, and is defined by a 1983 Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General of New...
, the Governor-General in respect of the Cook Islands is the Governor-General of New Zealand
Governor-General of New Zealand
The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....
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List of Queen's Representatives in the Cook Islands
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | |
| 1 | Sir Gaven Donne Gaven Donne Sir Gaven John Donne, KBE, was a New Zealand-born former Chief Justice of Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu.... |
1982 | 18 September 1984 |
| 2 | Sir Graham Speight Graham Speight Sir Graham Davies Speight was a New Zealand High Court judge. He served as the acting Queen's Representative in 1984.... (acting) |
18 September 1984 | 19 December 1984 |
| 3 | Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa Tangaroa Tangaroa Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa MBE, , was a Cook Islands politician.He started his professional life as a government radio operator... |
19 December 1984 | 19 December 1990 |
| 4 | Sir Apenera Pera Short | 19 December 1990 | 14 November 2000 |
| 5 | Lawrence Murray Greig (acting) | 14 November 2000 | 9 February 2001 |
| 6 | Sir Frederick Tutu Goodwin Frederick Tutu Goodwin Sir Frederick Tutu Goodwin, KBE, is the Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands.Goodwin joined the Cook Islands Police in 1956. He served as a constable, then joined the New Zealand Police Force for a short time, before returning to the Cook Islands, where he eventually rose to the rank of... |
9 February 2001 | Incumbent |