Tou Travel Ariki
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Tou Travel Ariki is a Cook Islands
high chief (ariki
) from Mitiaro
. He is currently president of the House of Ariki
.
He served as President of the House of Ariki between 2002 and 2006, and again from 2008. He was most recently re-elected in December 2009.
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
high chief (ariki
Ariki
An Ariki , ‘Ariki , Aliki , Ali‘i , Ari'i or ‘Eiki is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.-Aotearoa Ariki:Political leadership or governance in Māori society has traditionally come from two...
) from Mitiaro
Mitiaro
Mitiaro, the fourth island in the Cook Islands group, is of volcanic origin. Standing in water 14,750 feet deep it is four miles across at its widest point.-Geography:...
. He is currently president of the House of Ariki
House of Ariki
The House of Ariki is a parliamentary body in the Cook Islands. It is composed of Cook Islands high chiefs , appointed by the Queen's Representative...
.
He served as President of the House of Ariki between 2002 and 2006, and again from 2008. He was most recently re-elected in December 2009.