Tamarua 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 Pukeiti Pukeiti

Pukeiti Pukeiti

Pukeiti Pukeiti is a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party. He represents the electorate of Tamarua....

, who has held the seat since 2009

Tamarua by-election 2009

The Tamarua by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands electorate of Tamarua. It was held on 3 february 2009, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP Mii Parima.The by-election was won by the Cook Islands Party's Pukeiti Pukeiti....

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The electorate consists of the district of Tamarua 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.