| Tekii Lazaro | |
| Constituency Mp5: | Pukapuka–Nassau |
| Parliament5: | Cook Islands |
| Term Start5: | 7 June 2011 |
| Term End5: | 14 June 2018 |
| Predecessor5: | Vai Peua |
| Successor5: | Tingika Elikana |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1954 |
| Party: | Cook Islands Party |
Tekii Lazaro (28 May 1954 – 8 August 2020) was a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Lazaro was educated at Niua school and Aitutaki High school, and studied to be a meteorologist in Fiji and New Zealand.[1] He served for 35 years in the Cook Islands Police as a Meteorological Officer.[2] He stood in the seat of Pukapuka–Nassau in the 2010 election, and narrowly won the seat on the night. A subsequent election petition found him guilty of bribery, and declared his election void.[3] [4] Lazaro contested and won the subsequent by-election.[2]
In 2012 the Taxi Association complained that Lazaro was picking up tourists in an unlicensed taxi van.[5] He was told to get an appropriate licence.[6]
He was re-elected in the 2014 election,[7] and appointed Associate Minister of Finance.[8] He retired at the 2018 election and did not contest the seat.[9]