Te Kura O Te ʻAu People's Movement

The Te Kura O Te ʻAu People's Movement is a political movement in the Cook Islands. It has several founding members, but its current leader is Tim Tepaki. It is currently unrepresented in the Cook Islands Parliament.

The People's Movement was originally established in 2009 as a pressure group in response to the introduction on Sunday flights to the island of Aitutaki.[1][2] It initially denied being a political party,[3] but in May 2010 confirmed that it would contest the 2010 general election.[4]

The party supports political reform, including a "major" reduction in the size of parliament.[4] It proposes suspending all Sunday flights to Aitutaki, followed by a referendum to determine whether than ban will be made permanent.[5]

The party will select candidates in July 2010.[6] Following the selection process the candidates will elect a party leader and committee.

The party ran six candidates in the 2010 election,[7] but none were successful. It did not run any candidates in the 2014 elections.

References

1. ""Te Kura Ote Au" Peoples Movement Listening To The Voice of the People". Cook Islands Herald. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
2. "People's Movement born from protest". Cook Islands News. 2009-10-02. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
3. "People's Movement says it is not a political party". Cook Islands News. 2009-10-09. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
4. "Te Kura O Te 'Au peoples movement makes it official that it will join the 2010 General Election". Cook Islands Herald. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
5. "New party wants no Sunday flights". Cook Islands News. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
6. "New party to announce reps this week". Cook Islands News. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
7. "70 standing". Cook Islands News. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-21.