Pukapuka-Nassau (Cook Islands electorate)
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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 Tekii Lazaro
Tekii Lazaro
Tekii Lazaro is a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.Lazaro served for 35 years in the Cook Islands Police. He stood in the seat of Pukapuka-Nassau in the 2010 election, and narrowly won the seat on the night. A subsequent...
, who has held the seat since 2011
Pukapuka by-election, 2011
A by-election was held in the Cook Islands electorate of Pukapuka-Nassau on 7 June 2011. The by-election was precipitated by an electoral petition declaring the election of Tekii Lazaro in the 2010 election invalid....
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The electorate consists of the islands of Pukapuka
Pukapuka
Pukapuka is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with three small islets threaded on a reef that encloses a beautifully clear lagoon. It is the most remote island of the Cook Islands, situated about 1140 kilometres northwest of Rarotonga. It is a triangular atoll with three...
and Nassau
Nassau (Cook Islands)
Nassau is an island in the Cook Islands.Located 90 km south of Pukapuka, the small island of Nassau is just 9 metres above sea level, with an oval sandy cay on a coral reef foundation and is surrounded by a narrow reef flat. It is covered with palms, and is the only island of the Northern...
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