Nooroa o Teariki Baker

Nooroa o Teariki Baker
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Akaoa
In office 14 June 2018 – 1 August 2022
Preceded by	Teariki Heather
Succeeded by	Robert Stanley Heather
Personal details
Born	15 August 1962 Rarotonga
Political party	Cook Islands Democratic Party

Nooroa o Teariki Baker (born 15 August 1962)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Baker was born in Rarotonga, but left for New Zealand in 1977 at the age of 15.[2] He subsequently trained as an arborist in Australia. He returned to the Cook Islands in 1999 and after a failed effort to become a planter, established a tree-management company.[3]

After running unsuccessfully in the 2014 Cook Islands general election, he was elected to parliament in the 2018 election,[4] defeating both Deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather and his great-uncle Norman George.[5]

In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson on Renewable Energy and Transport.[6]

He lost his seat in the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[7]

References

1. "Nooroa-o-te-Ariki BAKER". Cook Islands Parliament. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
2. "Arborist is branching out". Cook Islands News. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
3. "Election: Arborist wants to cut spending". Cook Islands News. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
4. "Preliminary Results from Votes Counted 14-06-2018". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. Cameron Scott (15 June 2018). "Baker ousts DPM". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
6. Melina Etches (19 February 2020). "Demos gunning for change". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
7. "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.