Nandi Glassie

Nandi Glassie
Nandi Glassie
Minister of Health
In office
3 December 2010 – 14 June 2018
Prime MinisterHenry Puna
Preceded byApii Piho
Succeeded byRose Toki-Brown
Minister of Justice
In office
15 March 2015 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byTeariki Heather
Succeeded byRose Toki-Brown
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
3 November 2013 – 15 March 2015
Preceded byMark Brown
Succeeded byAlbert Nicholas
Minister of Agriculture
In office
3 December 2010 – 24 July 2013
Preceded byRobert Wigmore
Succeeded byKiriau Turepu
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Tengatangi–Areora–Ngatiarua
In office
27 September 2006 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byEugene Tatuava
Succeeded byTe-Hani Brown
Personal details
Born21 May 1951
Atiu
Died4 September 2020(2020-09-04) (aged 69)
Rarotonga
Political partyCook Islands Party

Nandi Tuaine Glassie (21 May 1951 – 4 September 2020)[1] was a Cook Islands politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Glassie was born in Atiu, and educated at Atiu Primary School, Tereora College, then St Stephens School in Auckland.[2] He attended the University of Auckland, graduating with a bachelor of Arts, before completing a Masters in Public Policy at Massey University.[2] He had a long career as a public servant for the New Zealand Department of Labour, the Manukau City Council, and the Cook Islands Government. From 2005 – 2006 he was chief of staff in the office of the Cook Islands Prime Minister.[2]

Glassie was first elected to Parliament in the 2006 snap election, defeating Cook Islands Democratic Party MP Eugene Tatuava. He served as a backbench MP for the 2006 – 2010 term

Cabinet

Glassie was re-elected in the 2010 election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Health and Minister of Agriculture.[3][4] A Cabinet reshuffle in November 2013 saw him lose the Agriculture portfolio to Kiriau Turepu and take over as Minister of Internal Affairs, the Ombudsman, and Parliamentary Services.[5]

He was re-elected at the 2014 election.[6] A further Cabinet reshuffle in March 2015 saw him yield the Internal Affairs and Ombudsman portfolios to Albert Nicholas and become Minister of Justice.[7] During this term Glassie launched a mental health strategy[8] and a health workforce plan.[9]

He lost his seat at the 2018 election to Te-Hani Brown.[10][11] Following his election loss Glassie founded the Cook Islands United Party with former MP Teariki Heather.[12] He subsequently contested the 2019 March Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election, sparked by the defection of Te-Hani Brown from the Democratic Party, as a Democratic Party candidate, but was unsuccessful.[13] When Brown resigned again to avoid an unfavourable election petition ruling, he was too ill to contest a second by-election.[14]

Glassie had four sons and lived with his wife in Rarotonga. He died on Rarotonga on 4 September 2020 of cancer.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Melina Etches (5 September 2020). "Former health minister passes away". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Mr. Nandi Tuaine GLASSIE". Parliament of the Cook Islands. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Cooks PM announces cabinet line up". RNZ. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Who's who in Cabinet". Cook Islands Government. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Long awaited cabinet shuffle announced". Cook Islands News. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Cook Islands Party wins absolute majority". RNZ. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Defecting Cook Islands MP given cabinet post". RNZ. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Cook Islands Launches New 5-Year Mental Health Strategy". Pacific Islands Report. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Cook Islands Launches 10-Year Health Workforce Plan". Cook Islands News. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Two ministers go in early Cooks results". RNZ. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Cook Islands political party claims demand for change". RNZ. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Te-Hani Brown wins Cook Islands by-election". RNZ. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Veteran Cook Islands politician Glassie ill – reports". RNZ. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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