Nikao–Panama

Nikao–Panama
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created	1981
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Vaine Mokoroa
Created from	Te-au-o-tonga

Nikao–Panama is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Te-au-o-tonga into four. In 1986 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 12) Act 1986 transferred the tapere of Atupa to Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston.[2] It consists of the tapere of Pokoinu, Nikao, Puapuautu, Areanu, and Kaikaveka on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Niroa Manuela	Unknown
	1996 by-election, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014	Ngamau Munokoa	Democratic Party
	2018, 2022	Vaine Mokoroa	Cook Islands Party

References

1. "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980–81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
2. "Constitution Amendment (No 12) Act 1986". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.