Ngamau Munokoa

Ngamau Munokoa
OBE
11th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
In office
5 November 2003 – 19 November 2004
RepresentativeFrederick Tutu Goodwin
Prime MinisterRobert Woonton
Preceded byTerepai Maoate
Succeeded byGeoffrey Henry
Minister for the Environment
In office
31 July 2009 – 23 December 2009
Prime MinisterJim Marurai
Preceded byKete Ioane
Succeeded byJim Marurai
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
17 October 2008 – 23 December 2009
Succeeded byApii Piho
In office
1 December 1999 – 12 February 2002
Prime MinisterTerepai Maoate
Preceded byTupou Faireka
Succeeded byPeri Vaevae Pare
Minister of Agriculture
In office
15 September 2005 – 31 July 2009
Preceded byTupou Faireka
Succeeded byRobert Wigmore
Minister of Justice
In office
15 September 2005 – 17 October 2008
Preceded byTupou Faireka
Succeeded byKete Ioane
Minister of Works
In office
1 December 1999 – 12 February 2002
Prime MinisterTerepai Maoate
Preceded byTupou Faireka
Succeeded byTom Marsters
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Nikao–Panama
In office
July 1996 – 14 June 2018
Preceded byNiroa Manuela
Succeeded byVaine Mokoroa
Personal details
Born (1944-08-13) 13 August 1944 (age 80)
Rarotonga
Political partyCook Islands Democratic Party

Ngamau Mere Munokoa OBE (born 13 August 1944), also known as "Aunty Mau", is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. She was the third woman ever elected to the Cook Islands Parliament,[1] the second appointed to Cabinet,[2] and the first to hold the post of Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister.[3] She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

  1. ^ "Aunty Mau hopes for fifth term". Cook Islands News. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  2. ^ "The new-look Cook Islands' cabinet". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 70, no. 1. 1 January 2000. p. 15. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Cook Islands no confidence motion dropped to avoid confusion". RNZ. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2020.