Akaoa (electorate)

Akaoa is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

Akaoa
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Nooroa o Teariki Baker
Created from	Murienua

The electorate was created in 1991, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 split the electorate of Murienua in half.[1] It consists of the tapere of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament for Akaoa

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Utia Matata	Unknown
	1999	Teremoana Tapi Taio	Democratic Party
	2004, 2006, 2006 by-election, 2010, 2014	Teariki Heather	Cook Islands Party
	2018	Nooroa o Teariki Baker	Democratic Party

Election results

2006 byelection

2006 Akaoa by-election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CIP	Teariki Heather	204	54.0
	DP	Keu Mataroa	174	46.0
Turnout			378

2006 election

2006 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CIP	Teariki Heather	179	50.0
	DP	Keu Mataroa	179	50.0
Turnout			358	85.2

2004 election

2004 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CIP	Teariki Heather	188	54.3
	DP	Teremoana Tapi Taio	158	45.7
Turnout			346	75.5

References

1. "Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
2. "Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa". Radio New Zealand International. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
3. "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
4. "GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES - to 13 September 2004". Cook Islands News. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.