Inatio Akaruru Explained

Inatio Akaruru (31 March 1937 – 31 January 2014)[1] [2] was a Cook Islands politician, cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Akaruru was born on Pukapuka.[3] He worked as a public servant before being elected as MP for Pukapuka at the 1968 election.[3] He served as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Albert Henry and as Deputy Prime Minister to Geoffrey Henry.

At the 1999 election Akaruru held the Pukapuka-Nassau seat by a single vote.[4] The result was challenged by the Democratic Alliance Party and declared invalid. A by-election in September 1999 was also subsequently invalidated.[5] Akaruru contested the resulting 2000 Pukapuka-Nassau by-election and was defeated.[6]

In 1977, Akaruru was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[7] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours.

Akaruru was interested in bowls and was President of the Cook Islands Bowling Association from 1984 to 2006.[8] He represented the Cook Islands in Bowls at the 1990 Auckland and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/44518-pm-puna-honours-former-politicians/44518-pm-puna-honours-former-politicians PM Puna honours former politicians
  2. Web site: Shattered to hear the news that my Dad Inatio Akaruru passed away in his sleep this morning back in the Cook Islands. Hard to believe that he is gone before i got to see him in June. RIP DAD . John Akarur . . 31 January 2014.
  3. Web site: PM Puna honours former politicians . Ben Chapman-Smith . Cook Islands News . 4 February 2014 . 9 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055631/http://www.cookislandsnews.com/2014/February/Wed05/other.htm#1402040934 . 22 February 2014 .
  4. Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . II . Europa Publications . London . 2004 . 1-85743-255-X . 3137 .
  5. Web site: Another by-election for Cook Islands Pukapuka-Nassau seat . Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center . 8 December 1999 . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221185612/http://pidp.org/archive/1999/December/12-09-06.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: PUKAPUKA/NASSAU PETITION HEARING DECEMBER 15 . Alex Sword . Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center . 29 November 2000 . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221185616/http://pidp.org/archive/2000/December/12-06-10.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
  7. Book: Taylor . Alister . Coddington . Deborah . Alister Taylor . Deborah Coddington . Recipients of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977: nominal roll of New Zealand recipients including Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau . Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . 1994 . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa . Auckland . 0-908578-34-2 . 425.
  8. Web site: Inatio AKARURU C.B.E. . Fox Sports Pulse . 9 February 2014.

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