Anne Merrilyn Tolley is a New Zealand politician and former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives representing the National Party. She was New Zealand's first female Minister of Education from 2008 to 2011 and the first Minister for Children from 2016 to 2017. During the Fifth National Government,she was also Minister of Social Development,Minister of Corrections,Minister of Police and Minister of Local Government. She served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. She is currently the Chair of the Commission overseeing the Tauranga City Council,which was appointed after a review in 2020 identified significant governance problems within the Council.
Joanne Gay Goodhew is a New Zealand politician. She served as a member of Parliament between 2005 and 2017.
Norman George is a Cook Islands politician and former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament,Deputy Prime Minister,and Cabinet Minister.
Ngamau Mere Munokoa,also known as "Aunty Mau",is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. She was the third woman ever elected to the Cook Islands Parliament,the second appointed to Cabinet,and the first to hold the post of Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister. She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.
Nandi Tuaine Glassie was a Cook Islands politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician,former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a Matara District member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Teariki William Heather is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet minister who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 2013 to 2018. Previously a member of the Cook Islands Party,he is now the leader of the Cook Islands United Party.
Sir Tom John Marsters,is the seventh and current King's Representative to the Cook Islands. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands,Foreign Minister,and Deputy Leader of the Cook Islands Party.
Lt Col Pio Tikoduadua is a Fijian politician,Member of the Parliament of Fiji,and former cabinet Minister. He is the current President of the National Federation Party.
Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown is a Cook Islands politician,and Cabinet Minister. In July 2016 she became the Cook Islands' first female Leader of the Opposition.
Albert Taaviri Kaitara Nicholas is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party. He is the son of former MP Albert (Peto) Nicholas.
Te-Hani Rose Alexandra Brown is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is an independent.
Tina Pupuke-Browne is a Cook Islands politician and a member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is the leader of the Democratic Party.
Tingika Elikana is a Cook Islands civil servant and politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
General elections were held in Tonga on 18 November 2021 to elect 17 of the 26 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada is a Solomon Islands teacher and politician who has served as the country's Education Minister since April 2020.
Lillian Maefai is a member of the Parliament of the Solomon Islands. She was only the fifth woman ever to be elected to that parliament.
Ethel Lency Vokia is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. In 2020 she became the fourth woman in the 2019-2023 Parliament and only the sixth woman ever to be elected to that Parliament.
The Kadere Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands. It tends to be most popular among those in the shipping and logging industries.
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 1 August 2022. A referendum on legalising medical cannabis was held on the same day.
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