Kūki 'Āirani" or "Maori Kuki Airani". Culture Religious denomination The religious distribution in the 2016 official census is as follows: The various Protestant groups account for 62.8% of the believers, the most followed denomination being the Cook Islands Christian Church with 49.1% (down from 53% in 2006). Other Protestant Christian groups include Seventh-day Adventist 8.4%, Assemblies of God 3.8% Apostolic Church 2.1%. The main non-Protestant group is Roman Catholics with 17% of the population. While members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up 4.4%. Only 2 per cent or 323 people refused or did not respond to this question. See also Cook Islands permanent residency Arrangement between US and the Compact of Free Association states References External links The Cook Islands’ unique constitutional and international status; page 9 Cook Islanders New Zealand nationality law Māori