Kitai Teinakore

Kitai Teinakore
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Vaipae–Tautu
In office
14 June 2018 – 1 August 2022
Preceded byMona Ioane
Succeeded byTeokotai Herman
Personal details
Born23 October 1957
Political partyCook Islands Democratic Party

Kitai Manuela Teinakore (born 23 October 1957)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Teinakore was born on Aitutaki and educated at Araura School, Vaitau School, and Aitutaki Junior High School.[1] He worked as a public servant for the Ministry of Agriculture.[1] He was first elected at the 2018 Cook Islands general election, defeating the Cook Islands Party's Moana Ioane.[2] In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson for the Ombudsman, House of Ariki and the Koutu Nui.[3]

He lost his seat in the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Manuela KITAI". Cook Islands Parliament. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ "By the numbers: How constituencies voted". Cook Islands News. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ Melina Etches (19 February 2020). "Demos gunning for change". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "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.


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