| Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
| Primeminister: | Henry Puna |
| Term Start: | 24 July 2013 |
| Term End: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Nandi Glassie |
| Successor: | Rose Toki-Brown |
| Office2: | Minister for the Environment |
| Term Start2: | 3 November 2013 |
| Term End2: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Henry Puna |
| Successor2: | Robert Tapaitau |
| Office3: | Minister of Business, Trade and Investment Board |
| Term Start3: | 3 November 2013 |
| Term End3: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Mark Brown |
| Successor3: | George Angene |
| Constituency Mp5: | Matavera |
| Parliament5: | Cook Islands |
| Term Start5: | 17 November 2010 |
| Term End5: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor5: | Cassey Eggelton |
| Successor5: | Vaitoti Tupa |
| Term Start6: | 19 July 2006 |
| Term End6: | 27 September 2006 |
| Predecessor6: | Peri Vaevae Pare |
| Successor6: | Cassey Eggelton |
| Party: | Cook Islands Party |
Kiriau Turepu is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Turepu was educated at Northland College in New Zealand.[1] He represented the Cook Islands in tennis at the 1971 South Pacific Games in Papeete, Tahiti.[2]
Turepu was first elected to Parliament in the 2006 Matavera by-election.[3] As a result, the government lost its majority and dissolved Parliament to avoid a confidence vote.[4] He was unsuccessful in the ensuing 2006 election, but was re-elected at the 2010 election.
In May 2011 Turepu was made associate minister of agriculture.[5] In July 2013 he was appointed to Cabinet proper as Minister of Agriculture.[6] [7] In November 2013 he was also given responsibility for the Business and Environment portfolios.[8] He was re-elected at the 2014 election,[9] In 2017 he established the Marae Moana marine sanctuary,[10] which at the time was the largest multiple-use marine protected area in the world.[11]
He lost his seat in the 2018 election to Vaitoti Tupa.[12]