title: Apostolic Nunciature to the Cook Islands
text: # Apostolic Nunciature to the Cook Islands
  
  The Apostolic Nunciature to the Cook Islands is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Cook Islands. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio resides in Wellington, New Zealand; the current Nuncio is Novatus Rugambwa, since 2 February 2021.
  
  ## List of papal representatives to the Cook Islands
  
  ### Apostolic Nuncios
  
  * Patrick Coveney (14 July 2001 – 25 January 2005)
  * Charles Daniel Balvo (25 March 2006 – 17 January 2013)
  * Martin Krebs (8 May 2013 – 16 June 2018)
  * Novatus Rugambwa (2 February 2021 – present)
  