Kiriau Turepu

Kiriau Turepu
Kiriau Turepu in 2017
Minister of Agriculture
In office
24 July 2013 – 14 June 2018
Prime MinisterHenry Puna
Preceded byNandi Glassie
Succeeded byRose Toki-Brown
Minister for the Environment
In office
3 November 2013 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byHenry Puna
Succeeded byRobert Tapaitau
Minister of Business, Trade and Investment Board
In office
3 November 2013 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byMark Brown
Succeeded byGeorge Angene
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Matavera
In office
17 November 2010 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byCassey Eggelton
Succeeded byVaitoti Tupa
In office
19 July 2006 – 27 September 2006
Preceded byPeri Vaevae Pare
Succeeded byCassey Eggelton
Personal details
Political partyCook Islands Party

Kiriau Turepu is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Turepu was educated at Northland College in New Zealand.[1] He represented the Cook Islands in tennis at the 1971 South Pacific Games in Papeete, Tahiti.[2]

Turepu was first elected to Parliament in the 2006 Matavera by-election.[3] As a result, the government lost its majority and dissolved Parliament to avoid a confidence vote.[4] He was unsuccessful in the ensuing 2006 election, but was re-elected at the 2010 election.

  1. ^ Ian Mitchell (June 1966). "Innovation". Te Ao Hou: The New World. Vol. 55. p. 50. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Blast from the past". Cook Islands News. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Cook Islands Party wins Matavera by-election". RNZ. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Cooks parliament dissolved". RNZ. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2020.