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Wesley Kareroa

Cook Islands politician

Wesley Kareroa

Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Oneroa
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2014
Preceded by	Winton Pickering

Personal details
Born	15 November 1967
Political party	Cook Islands Democratic Party

Wesley Kareroa (born 15 November 1967)^[1] is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Kareroa was born on Rarotonga and educated at Mangaia Primary School and Mangaia College.^[1] He worked as an agent for Air Rarotonga.^[2] He was first elected to Parliament in the 2014 Cook Islands general election. After the election he was reportedly offered a ministerial position by Prime Minister Henry Puna in exchange for supporting him in the House, but refused.^[3] He was re-elected in the 2018 election.^[4]

In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson on National Superannuation and Parliamentary Services.^[5]

He was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Wesley KAREROA". Cook Islands Parliament. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "CIP leadership could be reviewed". Cook Islands News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Cooks Democratic Party Leader Calls PM 'Desperate'". Pacific Islands Report. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ Rashneel Kumar (29 June 2018). "No change to election result". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ Melina Etches (19 February 2020). "Demos gunning for change". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "WARRANT DECLARING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE" (PDF). Cook Islands Gazette. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.