Kiriau Turepu

Cook Islands politician

Kiriau Turepu
Kiriau Turepu in 2017

Minister of Agriculture
In office 24 July 2013 – 14 June 2018
Prime Minister	Henry Puna
Preceded by	Nandi Glassie
Succeeded by	Rose Toki-Brown
Minister for the Environment
In office 3 November 2013 – 14 June 2018
Preceded by	Henry Puna
Succeeded by	Robert Tapaitau
Minister of Business, Trade and Investment Board
In office 3 November 2013 – 14 June 2018
Preceded by	Mark Brown
Succeeded by	George Angene
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Matavera
In office 17 November 2010 – 14 June 2018
Preceded by	Cassey Eggelton
Succeeded by	Vaitoti Tupa
In office 19 July 2006 – 27 September 2006
Preceded by	Peri Vaevae Pare
Succeeded by	Cassey Eggelton

Personal details
Political party	Cook Islands Party

Kiriau Turepu is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Turepu was educated at Northland College in New Zealand.^[1] He represented the Cook Islands in tennis at the 1971 South Pacific Games in Papeete, Tahiti.^[2]

Turepu was first elected to Parliament in the 2006 Matavera by-election.^[3] As a result, the government lost its majority and dissolved Parliament to avoid a confidence vote.^[4] He was unsuccessful in the ensuing 2006 election, but was re-elected at the 2010 election.

Cabinet Minister

In May 2011 Turepu was made associate minister of agriculture.^[5] In July 2013 he was appointed to Cabinet proper as Minister of Agriculture.^[6]^[7] In November 2013 he was also given responsibility for the Business and Environment portfolios.^[8] He was re-elected at the 2014 election,^[9] In 2017 he established the Marae Moana marine sanctuary,^[10] which at the time was the largest multiple-use marine protected area in the world.^[11]

He lost his seat in the 2018 election to Vaitoti Tupa.^[12]

References

^ Ian Mitchell (June 1966). "Innovation". Te Ao Hou: The New World. Vol. 55. p. 50. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Blast from the past". Cook Islands News. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Cook Islands Party wins Matavera by-election". RNZ. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Cooks parliament dissolved". RNZ. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Cook Islands cabinet increases in size". RNZ. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Emmanuel Samoglou (25 July 2013). "New minister joins cabinet". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Emmanuel Samoglou (27 July 2013). "Turepu takes on agriculture". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Long awaited cabinet shuffle announced". cook Islands News. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Cook Islands Party wins absolute majority". RNZ. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "A beacon of hope for humpbacks". Cook Islands News. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Cook Islands Marae Moana legislation passed". RNZ. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Puna retains his seat as all Cooks preliminary election results are in". RNZ. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2020.