Mark Brown

Mark Brown is a Cook Islander politician who currently serves as the 12th and current Prime Minister of the Cook Islands since 1 October 2020.

Quotes

 * Tourism will always be important to the Cook Islands and will be the quickest way for the country to bounce back, but it can no longer be our only primary industry. We will have to look at other sectors such as fisheries, trade, financial services, the creative economy and seabed minerals.
 * Mark Brown (2021) cited in "Shining a light on NZ's aid sector and its relationship with the Pacific" on RNZ, 27 October 2021.


 * We are ready (for Cook Island border reopening after COVID-19 lockdown), we are prepared and we are protected. Now (January 2022) it is time.
 * Mark Brown (2022) cited in "‘We are ready, prepared and protected’" on Cook Islands News, 11 January 2022.


 * We have worked very, very hard in the last two years (since 2020) to maintain our COVID-free status, and these (travel) regulations and our continual drive to get all our eligible people vaccinated, is a continuation of that.
 * Mark Brown (2022) cited in "Many Pacific Island nations have kept Covid at bay. But attempts to reopen are fraught with danger" on CNBC, 21 January 2022.