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Wellington  - A narrow majority of traditional chiefs in the South Pacific Cook Islands have tried to take over the country from the elected government, Television New Zealand reported on Friday.

It said eight of the 15 High Chiefs in the House of Ariki, a purely advisory body to parliament established 42 years ago, announced they were dissolving the government elected in September 2006 and taking over leadership of the island nation of just under 20,000 people.

The breakaway group of chiefs is headed by Bruce Mita, a Maori New Zealander and former director of a funeral home in Sydney, Australia, who had held secret meetings to help them get control of the Cook Islands' natural resources, TVNZ reported.