Kiriau Turepu

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

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