Oneroa (Cook Islands electorate)
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Oneroa is a Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament
Parliament of the Cook Islands
The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand colonial rule, it became the national legislature on independence in 1965....

. Its current representative is Winton Pickering
Winton Pickering
Winton Brian Pickering is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament, representing the seat of Oneroa. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party....

, who has held the seat since 2004
Cook Islands general election, 2004
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 7 September 2004. Initial results showed the Democratic Party winning by a wide margin, but close results led to 11 electoral petitions being filed, delaying the date Parliament could sit until mid-December...

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The electorate consists of the districts of Keia, Tavaenga, and Veitatei on the island of Mangaia
Mangaia
Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga.-Geography:...

. It was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Mangaia into three.
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