| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Primeminister: | Henry Puna |
| Term Start: | 3 December 2010 |
| Term End: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Apii Piho |
| Successor: | Rose Toki-Brown |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start2: | 15 March 2015 |
| Term End2: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Teariki Heather |
| Successor2: | Rose Toki-Brown |
| Office3: | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 3 November 2013 |
| Term End3: | 15 March 2015 |
| Predecessor3: | Mark Brown |
| Successor3: | Albert Nicholas |
| Office4: | Minister of Agriculture |
| Term Start4: | 3 December 2010 |
| Term End4: | 24 July 2013 |
| Predecessor4: | Robert Wigmore |
| Successor4: | Kiriau Turepu |
| Constituency Mp5: | Tengatangi–Areora–Ngatiarua |
| Parliament5: | Cook Islands |
| Term Start5: | 27 September 2006 |
| Term End5: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor5: | Eugene Tatuava |
| Successor5: | Te-Hani Brown |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Atiu |
| Death Place: | Rarotonga |
| Party: | Cook Islands Party |
Nandi Tuaine Glassie (21 May 1951 – 4 September 2020)[1] was a Cook Islands politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Glassie was born in Atiu, and educated at Atiu Primary School, Tereora College, then St Stephens School in Auckland.[2] He attended the University of Auckland, graduating with a bachelor of Arts, before completing a Masters in Public Policy at Massey University.[2] He had a long career as a public servant for the New Zealand Department of Labour, the Manukau City Council, and the Cook Islands Government. From 2005 – 2006 he was chief of staff in the office of the Cook Islands Prime Minister.[2]
Glassie was first elected to Parliament in the 2006 snap election, defeating Cook Islands Democratic Party MP Eugene Tatuava. He served as a backbench MP for the 2006 – 2010 term
Glassie was re-elected in the 2010 election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Health and Minister of Agriculture.[3] [4] A Cabinet reshuffle in November 2013 saw him lose the Agriculture portfolio to Kiriau Turepu and take over as Minister of Internal Affairs, the Ombudsman, and Parliamentary Services.[5]
He was re-elected at the 2014 election.[6] A further Cabinet reshuffle in March 2015 saw him yield the Internal Affairs and Ombudsman portfolios to Albert Nicholas and become Minister of Justice.[7] During this term Glassie launched a mental health strategy[8] and a health workforce plan.[9]
He lost his seat at the 2018 election to Te-Hani Brown.[10] [11] Following his election loss Glassie founded the Cook Islands United Party with former MP Teariki Heather.[12] He subsequently contested the 2019 March Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua by-election, sparked by the defection of Te-Hani Brown from the Democratic Party, as a Democratic Party candidate, but was unsuccessful.[13] When Brown resigned again to avoid an unfavourable election petition ruling, he was too ill to contest a second by-election.[14]
Glassie had four sons and lived with his wife in Rarotonga. He died on Rarotonga on 4 September 2020 of cancer.[1]