Tai_Tura

Tai Tura

Tai Tura

Cook Islands politician

Tutai Tura (born 3 October 1949)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. Since March 2021 he has been Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Quick Facts 11th Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, Preceded by ...

Tura was born on Rarotonga, and educated at Avarua School and Tereora College.[1] He trained as an electrician and worked for the government on Mauke.[1] He was first elected to Parliament at the 2010 election. Shortly after his election he called for wage increases to counteract the higher cost of living in Mauke.[2] In 2015 he was appointed Associate Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration.[3]

In April 2019 Tura was appointed Deputy Speaker.[4] In June 2020 he attempted to ban a Cook Islands News journalist from Parliament over a story about MPs' allowances.[5]

On 22 March 2021 Tura was elected Speaker, succeeding Niki Rattle.[6]

He did not stand at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hon. Tutai TURA". Cook Islands Parliament. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    Manins, Rosie (23 November 2010). "Mauke's Tura proposes wage increase". Cook Islands News.
  3. [3]
    Samoglou, Emmanuel (16 October 2014). "PM announces key appointments". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. [4]
    Rashneel Kumar (9 April 2019). "Tura appointed deputy Speaker". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Cook Islands MPs move to ban journalist for travel perks reports". RNZ. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. [6]
    Melina Etches (23 March 2021). "Mauke MP Tura appointed Speaker of Parliament". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    Melina Etches (28 May 2022). "Eileen Story confirmed as Cook Islands Party nominee for Mauke seat". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 14 August 2022.


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