Abureti Takaio Explained

Abureti Takaio is an I-Kiribati politician and academic. He was, at one time prior to the mid-1990s, Minister for the Line and Phoenix Groups.^[1] In 2002, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu (national House of Assembly).^[2]

Takaio is the author of "Control: 'E Taku te Kamitina'", published in the book Kiribati: Aspects of History, a compendium of articles on I-Kiribati history by I-Kiribati academics.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.atollinstitute.org/Selected%20Atoll%20Research%20Bulletins/397-398%20-%20The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Caroline%20Atoll,%20Southern%20Line%20Islands.pdf "The Natural History of Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands"
2. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/k/kiribati/kiribati2002.txt "REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 NOVEMBER AND 6 DECEMBER 2002"
3. TALU, Alaima & al., Kiribati: Aspects of History, 1979, published jointly by the Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific and by the I-Kiribati Ministry of Education, no ISBN