last edited Dec 11, 2019
Money, Budget, and Shopping in the Cook Islands
Location Map of Cook Islands
Cook Islands
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Money
Currency
- Currency: Cook Islands dollar and New Zealand dollar (100 cents)
- Banknotes: 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 NZ$
- Coins: 10, 20 and 50 cents + 1 and 2 NZ$
- Exchange:
The Cook Islands have the unique feature of using the New Zealand dollar as their official currency while also using their own "variant" (of equal value), the Cook Islands dollar. Note that the coins and banknotes may not be identical between the two currencies; for example, there is a 3 Cook Islands dollar note that has no equivalent in NZ dollars.
Exchange
Which currency to bring
Payment methods
Returning home
Budget
What can be expensive
What can be inexpensive
Price range
- Double room in a "budget" hotel:
- Double room in a "tourist" hotel:
- Snacks, "local" restaurant meal:
- "Tourist" restaurant meal:
- "Budget" car rental:
- 20 km by bus:
- Urban taxi: