Nooroa o Teariki Baker | |
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Member of the Cook Islands Parliament for Akaoa | |
In office 14 June 2018 –1 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Teariki Heather |
Succeeded by | Robert Stanley Heather |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 August 1962 Rarotonga |
Political 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]
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