Stan Kalauni

Stan Kalauni is a Niuean politician and businessman, who is a current member of the Niuean Assembly.

Business career

Kalauni established Niue Vanilla International, a family business in 1991.[1] The company produces organic vanilla and exports to Australia, New Zealand and was exploring expanding into Russia.[2][3] Kalauni assisted a number of grower by buying their crops after Cyclone Heta caused major damage to the island.[4]

Politics

Kalauni was first elected to the Niuean Assembly in the 2011 election,[5] on the common roll that takes the whole island as a single constituency, and has been re-elected in the 2014, 2017 and 2020.[6] In the 2014 he received the highest number of votes on the common roll with 450. Following that election he was nominated as the unofficial opposition to the premiership of Toke Talagi.[7][8]

In 2013, Kalauni pushed to have the director of Nuie Tourism dumped. Kalauni argued that tourism was a major part of the Nuie economy, and the country was not getting value for their investment.[9]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kalauni backed a travel bubble between Pacific Islands that had not been significantly affected by the disease.[10]

References
  1. Friday; July 2016, 29; Trade, 3:11 pm Press Release: Pacific; Investment. "Niue Vanilla - first Pacific food product in Trade Aid | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. September 18, Emanuela Benetti says:; Am, 2019 at 10:31 (18 September 2019). "Niue Vanilla expands export markets, the latest is Russia". Television Niue. Retrieved 18 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. "Pacific Island food exports could brighten up NZ shelves". Stuff. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. Interactive (https://www.nvinteractive.com), N. V. "Pacific Success - Niue Vanilla International". www.pacifictradeinvest.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. "Three new common roll and one new village representative in unofficial election results from Niue". RNZ. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. "End of an era for Sir Toke Talagi | Pacific Media Network". pacificmedianetwork.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. "Twenty Four into Six | Talaniue". www.talaniue.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. "Disappointment at low number of women elected in Niue". Pacific Women in Politics. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. "Push in Niue to dump NZ-based tourism director". RNZ. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  10. Association, Pacific Islands News. "Niue businesses call for an island-hopping travel bubble". www.pina.com.fj. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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