Nikao–Panama

Nikao–Panama
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
RegionRarotonga
Current constituency
Created1981
Number of members1
Member(s)Vaine Mokoroa
Created fromTe-au-o-tonga

Nikao–Panama is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Te-au-o-tonga into four. In 1986 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 12) Act 1986 transferred the tapere of Atupa to Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston.[2] It consists of the tapere of Pokoinu, Nikao, Puapuautu, Areanu, and Kaikaveka on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1994 Niroa Manuela Unknown
1996 by-election, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 Ngamau Munokoa Democratic Party
2018, 2022 Vaine Mokoroa Cook Islands Party

References

  1. ^ "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980–81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Constitution Amendment (No 12) Act 1986". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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