| Nooroa o Teariki Baker | |
| Constituency Mp5: | Akaoa |
| Parliament5: | Cook Islands |
| Term Start5: | 14 June 2018 |
| Term End5: | 1 August 2022 |
| Predecessor5: | Teariki Heather |
| Successor5: | Robert Stanley Heather |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Rarotonga |
| Party: | Cook Islands Democratic Party |
Nooroa o Teariki Baker (born 15 August 1962)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.
Baker was born in Rarotonga, but left for New Zealand in 1977 at the age of 15.[2] He subsequently trained as an arborist in Australia. He returned to the Cook Islands in 1999 and after a failed effort to become a planter, established a tree-management company.[3]
After running unsuccessfully in the 2014 Cook Islands general election, he was elected to parliament in the 2018 election,[4] defeating both Deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather and his great-uncle Norman George.[5]
In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson on Renewable Energy and Transport.[6]
He lost his seat in the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[7]