This Country Wants A Passport But New Zealand Says No

[@bigsalmon8762]

The cook islands really are paying a subscription to microsoft

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

They fell for an indian tech support scam.

[@10meisterballe]

Yeah, they are paying for Realms Pmus

[@LydiaMoMydia]

tim cook must be pissed

[@codebycarlos]

We need to have a tangent meter with different levels 😂

[@kaushikrj5909]

Are the cook islands cooked?

[@o_s-24]

We don't have McDonald's in Armenia. There are KFCs and Pizza Huts but no McDonald's, so I guess if you come here you can visit those, or a local chain like Mr. Gyros or Tumanyan Shaurma

[@Spacemongerr]

Oposite in Norway, we have McD but not KFC. Think there's one Pizza Hut

[@l.u.c.a.s.]

Now I wanna go to Armenia and visit Mr Gyros

[@sunsinger970]

lucky armenia

[@12Rosen]

what if instead of cook islands it was called freak islands and

[@TheWay604]

One correction, Cook Islands (and Niue) are not part of NZ. They are just part of the realm which is not a federation but just a group of territories and three sovereign countries (NZ, Cook Islands, and Niue). Cook Islands is already completely independent in the geopolitical sense. What NZ means is that they will take away their free association status (Free association is not a status limited to them. Other fully recognized countries have it too).

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

No cook islands has only freedom on currency and some other international political organisations. It doesn't have embassies and its citizens are new Zealand citizens

[@JM19649]

Re what counts visiting a country, I had a beer in liechtenstein.and left.. That counts.. Zimbabwe.. I was on a tour of the Zambezi out of Zambia and we stopped for lunch on a random island that the tour guide said was in Zimbabwe- I'm claiming that I had a 5 minute stop on the Slovakia- Hungary border to take a photo looking back into Hungary.. probably doesn't count Copenhagen airport... Definitely doesn't count

[@grantorino2325]

I'd just like to add that all appeals from the courts of both South Island, and North Island now go to the _Supreme Court of New Zealand_ 🇳🇿 in Wellington. But when said court was created, the governments of the Cook Islands 🇨🇰, Niue 🇳🇺, and Tokelau 🇹🇰 flatly refused to make it the new court of last resort. Instead, appeals from courts on those islands still go to the _Privy Council_ in London, England. 🇬🇧

[@DavidSolimano]

The masses yearn for the ministrations of His Britannic Majesty

[@Yamezzzz]

New Zealand: "Only fully independent countries can have their own passport." Me with my British Isle of Man (non-UK) passport: 👁👄👁

[@ibx2cat]

You're a manx? Super fascinated by the island!!

[@rustyshackleford234]

Yeah what is it like living there?

[@rogink]

Any Maccie Ds?

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Haha yeah NZ didn't do it's homework.. also UK.. having the British monarch on its money😊

[@rustyshackleford234]

Ya know, vassals of infinitely more powerful countries have been very ballsy recently. Imagine trying to break away from the nation you literally rely on and is kind enough to give you independence in the first place. Be more like Micronesia, which is an American vassal but is trying to move closer to us by giving its citizens American citizenship.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Ahh Micronesia.. the country America stole after WW2 from territory Japan stole from Germany after WW1 .. which the Germans strong armed from the Spanish... Which vaguely occupied it..

[@rustyshackleford234]

@ at first when I was reading this I thought you were some crazed Japanese nationalist and was about to reply the same exact thing 😂

[@ChristopherWentling]

15,000 people in the middle of nowhere pacific. They should be begging New Zealand to stay.

[@Dan1elAndrade]

No

[@Orincaby]

@@Dan1elAndradeChristopher Wants A Debate But Dan1elAndrade Says No

[@rustyshackleford234]

Niue with like 2,000 people 😂

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

I'd send the 100k in new Zealand back and make em free😊🎉

[@residentspirit6023]

If you have taken a form of local transit outside of the airport and eaten from a local restaurant, I'd say that counts as having visited the country

[@tastydeaths]

love the variety of outfits can never guess if its going to be a christmas t shirt in june or a suit

[@qinzayee]

I like the idea that he just fully dresses up in a suit to record a video

[@kardona_3]

@@qinzayee I feel like he cares about his second channel

[@bark9396]

3:07 I am amazed he mentioned Saskatchewan seceding but not Quebec

[@rogink]

Too obvious. He didn't mention Scotland either.

[@rustyshackleford234]

I mean it’s more likely nowadays since Canada is completely backwards politically and the Quebec independence movement is essentially dead

[@Ice_Karma]

Hmm. Regarding Iceland considering keeping the króna, I thought that the EU had decreed that all future member states will be required to join the Eurozone?

[@egfloggygoggy]

British overseas territories conflicts how lovely

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

Well no haven’t been for a while now

[@BlergWedge04]

9:00 Hawaii is an integral part of the United States to where it is its own state and the flag used was made when Hawaii was its own kingdom and thought the flag of the United Kingdom looked cool.

[@IzzyThomas232]

As a Kiwi I found it very interesting going to the Cook Islands where they have a different flag, government, culture etc. etc. but the locals have the same passport as me and they are technically NZ citizens. I think it's very unlikely for the Cook Islands to ever have enough infrastructure to stand on its own feet and become an independent country.

[@korakys]

New Zealanders used to have British passports, within living memory, "British" on the top "New Zealand" underneath.

[@LUNE.44]

13:11 BIG SALMON ?????

[@JmKrokY]

🗿

[@buddy1155]

Can you please explain the flat earth, their maps and theories.

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

I can, it’s a surface level misunderstanding of how science works Many theories do not take into account the size of the earth and that curvature is really too large to comprehend with the naked eye

[@justingiese1746]

Toycat your lying Greenland population is 56K that is huge. The town I grew up in was 2k. I now live in a city of 8k.

[@ibx2cat]

56k is smaller than my section of my (one of 32) borough of London!

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

i'm pretty sure most people today grow up in cities larger than 56k

[@Zarya.]

@@eduardoxenofonte4004 true, population has increased a lot in the last 20-30 years, we now have cities with more than 1 million people in them

[@rustyshackleford234]

Just 4,000 people to go to qualify for American statehood! (The state with the lowest population when gaining statehood was Nevada with just 60,000 people.)

[@justingiese1746]

@@ibx2cat London is huge. But I assume small is relative to where you live.

[@IlluminatiBG]

Passports are just pieces of paper. They are only powerful, after your country signs a bilateral agreement with another country, or you can delegate your passport trust and enforcement to a parent authority (like Greenland -> Denmark -> EU). If Greenland citizen does something in USA, it is likely USA contact first EU or Denmark directly, than the local Greenland's authorities, thus Greenland's citizens likely to be able to visit to USA. If your country is new, and have no bilateral agreements, any passport you have is indistinguishable from random piece of paper.

[@l.u.c.a.s.]

USA would definitely contact Danish authorities, not EU. EU only handles much higher level stuff such as trade agreements. EU would only get it involved on request from Denmark, otherwise, it would be encroaching on Danish matters. Also, Greenland itself is not part of the EU. I know, weird.

[@victorwong7922]

This is so Atlantic centric. Lots of more examples on the other side of the globe you don't even think to mention or to move the map to Asia. 😂 Based

[@LuxuriantCarrot]

The realm joke took me a couple of rewinds 😂

[@FireEverLiving]

I think that a "big beautiful deal" *could* be done on Greenland. Give each Greenlander a one-time payment, agree to make it a full state rather than a territory, and make big NATO-related concessions to Denmark and the EU (e.g. allowing their defense spending to be only 1% for the next 30 years). Greenlanders and the US would get huge economic benefits from the union, the US would get a strategically-important piece of territory, and Europe would get to go back to ignoring defense. The internal US politics could also be made to work, since it objectively *would* be beneficial to the US, and Greenland would most likely be a blue state, so Democrats could support it. But it'd be a huge project, on the scale of Obamacare. I really doubt Trump has the focus to get it done.

[@liamkennedy3034]

That pronunciation of Niue wasn’t something I should have heard while having a drink

[@explorernate]

Had you just got back from an interview or a wedding or something before you filmed this, toycat? Why so formal for the Cook Islands

[@DavidSolimano]

US gonna add Greenland to the Territory of Snow Mexico for real.

[@MarkDDG]

8:13 5,989,487 people in Denmark as of 24 December 2024. Not 10 million rounded up.

[@l.u.c.a.s.]

Depends on how much you round up. Would be 10 if you round to the nearest 10 million.

[@adamvagenknecht]

How do you do the countries you visited map on jetpunk?

[@giovanni_vaz_cardoso]

In my ideal world map I joined the Cook Islands with Tokelau, Niue, French Polynesia, the Pitcairn Islands, the Phoenix and Line Islands from Kirabati and Palmyra Atoll and Howland and Baker Islands from the US to form Polynesia.

[@ryandoesstuffapparently1540]

Surely a country without a McDonalds has their own McDonald’s analog?

[@Ice_Karma]

I'm sure you don't care because second channel, but "Niue" is pronounced like "NEW, eh" (with "new" pronounced like "nyoo", not "noo"). ♥

[@Entertainment-]

They want that sweet Golden Visa / citizenship by investment money.

[@AndyZach]

Denmark's population is just under 6 million. So 60 billion should buy Greenland. About 1/20 of the value of Tesla.

[@MexicanGan-Q]

Indeer, Winnie P certainly is an 'interesting' NZ politician 😂

[@MrJoysiq]

cook islanders ca intern live and work in Australia under he new zeland passport. seems like they have a pretty sweet deal.

[@itzrayyo]

No McDonalds mr. cat! Boycott for humanity

[@radio_marco]

No, you can't eat my passport, well I have non, as in I'm a citizen of Switzerland (and only Switzerland) but since I never was outside of the Schengen area, I never needed to make a passport.

[@gotham61]

You have not visited a country until you have gone through passport control.

[@interrupted_reverie]

Lmao arent we at a point where a single can a buy a whole territory

[@Ape-El]

What goes on in Cook Islands stay in Cook Islands

[@brentfairlie9159]

As a New Zealander, i would be happy for the Cook Islands to go independent. It costs us to much money

[@rowbot5555]

A lot of cook islanders come here over the summer to work in seasonal agriculture roles, jobs that our export economy relies on to remain one of the largest exporters of food on the planet.

[@Dark_Detective]

6:52, Greenland is in North America. You can't find it under European passports, because it isn't European.

[@Juttutin]

The Danish Passport Wikipedia page is really interesting. Apparently Greenlanders have a free choice between two passports. A green one only available to Greenlanders, with both county names written in their respective languages, or a standard dark red EU one with "European Union" and "Denmark" written in danish, the same as people living in Denmark get. Importantly, they are still all Danish passports. This seems like a sensible route NZ could offer the Cooks.

[@le7456]

Makes a video about New zealand somewhat. Still covers most of the video

[@rrawl]

I guess you could say, Cook Island is Cooked 😏😏

[@rogink]

Picture of Hawaii: It's actually the exact opposite of Iceland... Premium content. don't care!

[@uggali]

Why does NZ gotta be so petty like ‘if you want your own passport cook islands imma cut you off and you can print it yourself’ thats so rude when you consider cook islanders were some of the first to settle in NZ including my ancestral canoe Taakitimu

[@rowbot5555]

If they have different passports it will make both countries poorer, many cook islanders come to work in new zealand over the summer in agricultural roles as the pay is better in new zealand. Meaning nz gets to export more food, and the cook islanders earn more money. If you add a different passport into the mix it makes it way more difficult to do free association agreements like the one that is propping up both economies. And also makes it harder for new zealand to manage defense of its realm.

[@koongubby]

so much stuff said here is misleading or flat out wrong. the cook islands, along with niue (but not tokelau) are independent countries that exist in free association with new zealand. other countries that operate under this free association system are the marshall islands, micronesia, and palau, who are in free association with the united states. the cook islands have their own prime minister and laws, in fact new zealand cannot pass any legislation in the cook islands at all. they are not members of the un, as they ask new zealand to handle most (but not all) of their foreign affairs and defence. new zealand also can't handle either of these without expressed consent from the cook islands first. while they are not a member of the un, the un does recognise that they are states with treaty making capacity. they are also members of the WHO, UNESCO, ICAO, IMO, and the assembly of states of the international criminal court. other countries have recognised the sovereignty of the cook islands, such as america and france. both of these countries have signed treaties with the cook islands in an attempt to resolve border disputes. the united states even have permanent diplomatic relations with the cook islands. to say that the cook islands aren't independent, or real countries at all is just wrong. they are not comparable to autonomous regions like greenland or new caledonia. a bit more research into the topic might have been useful. not to get too sidetracked, but winston peters, who is the new zealand politician who said this, is a highly controversial figure here in nz. he is the party leader of a minor politcal party, and he has only managed to claw his way into government through a coalition with the national party and act party. he did the same thing with the last government, coalitioning with the labour government. he will basically do whatever he can to get an inch of power. he is also extremely homophobic, and racist to asians and middle easterners, and against the idea of free trade. he is often uninformed, and his own political party bases its policies on the wishes of people who "donate" to the party.

[@oliverhill9466]

11:40 that's Romania

[@Dreamprism]

It would be rude for the UK to ask for part of Ireland.

[@realhawaii5o]

It's so easy... Just have a New Zealand passport with Cook Islands subtitle 🙃

[@Juttutin]

I came here to basically comment this. Just a different cover with "New Zealand and Cook Islands Passport" and a tiara maori lei down the side instead of the silver fern would be cool. Available to everyone who is currently entitled to the Cook Islands Endorsement (has Cook Island descent from a grandparent I think) which is a process that already exists. NB: I'm not Cook Island Māori, but I kinda get the desire to have your national identity recognised in the most formal of government documents with more than a stamp somewhere on an inside page.

[@korakys]

Fun fact: I visited both Niue and the EU. It's a minor thing that you mispronounced _niu-ae_ but how are you getting _sheng-an_ wrong?

[@Riomojo]

Greenland shouldn’t be sold for anything less than 1 Trillion

[@giovanni_vaz_cardoso]

I'm portuguese, scared of flying and boats, and I would love to visit Greece, so you just described me lol 11:10

[@Zarya.]

I think in africa they have alternatives to mcdonalds. How else would they eat big macs fries and chicken nuggets?

[@PeterLiuIsBeast]

Go to a KFC?

[@martyz1212]

looking sleek

[@monotonehell]

second channel to you too mate ;P

[@j2w1_lub]

some UK islands even have their own passports. get over it NZ

[@rowbot5555]

Thats because the UK is a medevial empire pretending to be a functional modern country

[@macksii]

US imperialism, and my country wants to continue to expand :/ hoping a neoliberal spin on imperialism will work

[@macksii]

also ur view on winston peters is off, he's known as a "colonesian" bc he's such a colonizer sympathizer, anything he says you have to run by his brain, recognize he's using a political filter and remove that filter to know what his words are. in reality he's threatening the cook islands with blockaids and the lifting of the "freedom of trade" which is classic colonizer shit

[@floppy3962]

If Greenland became a part of America, would it leave Europe? (Idk if Greenland is european) Also, if we quickly got a Greenland passport / visa, would we become American when it's bought

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

Greenland is apart of North America

[@floppy3962]

@Swan_River_Cowboy would a Greenland visa get you an American one if they bought it

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

@@floppy3962 as in Greenland is apart of the North American continent

[@Spacemongerr]

Europe is a continent, Greenland isn't in Europe. Fun fact: 40% of Europeans don't live in the EU

[@uggali]

Niue is pronounced more like new-eh in English

[@cavemann_]

aotearoa bruh

[@Mellcula]

btw it's pronounced "new way" not "new"

[@ibx2cat]

this comes as new ways to me

[@zalzalahbuttsaab]

Love all your videos. Good bye. Don't care. 🤣🤣🤣

[@harryhines1334]

Stopped listening when you said Niue wrong 😆

[@hkhjg1734]

bro can you explain how Trumps silly joke caused all this mess in Canada? Like is that the reason Trudeau is getting voted down?

[@mattk3926]

He really didn’t cause it all but gave it an extra push. We’re at the end of a government currently in Canada and the incumbent party is looking like it’s going to wiped out next election. What he was referencing is our finance minister resigned and cited disagreements with the PM over what she thought of as gimmicks

[@kosinusify]

Nah, Trudeau has been in steep decline for at least half a year, possibly longer. Trump's jokes are not the reason. Canada has its own domestic problems.

[@rustyshackleford234]

Because it just shows how powerless Canada as a country is. If it was to be invaded and annexed by the United states it could literally do nothing. All the population centers are on the U.S. border and the nation has a tiny population.

[@JSG4361]

stop wearing that suit whatever happened to second channel dont care?????!!!?

[@ibx2cat]

The suit isn't for you sorry I still don't care

[@abyssal_phoenix]

Idk what's the population of Greenland but i doubt it's smaller than 8-9k lmao

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

They don’t even have 100k people

[@abyssal_phoenix]

@Swan_River_Cowboy a bit more than half of it apparently Aka they have roughly 7 times more people than my hometown

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

@@abyssal_phoenix which is tiny

[@abyssal_phoenix]

@@Swan_River_Cowboy by our standards i live in a village, so yeah indeed

[@rustyshackleford234]

It has 56,000 people. Surprisingly Greenland is the second most sparsely populated subdivision, the most sparsely populated subdivision is Nunavut!

[@Yason1]

first

[@frogmantoad8110]

21st! Which is better than first! 😊