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[[Image:Rarocirc.png|right|200px|thumb|Electorates on Rarotonga]]
{{Infobox constituency
'''Akaoa''' is a [[Cook Islands]] electoral division returning one member to the [[Parliament of the Cook Islands|Cook Islands Parliament]]. Its current representative is [[Teariki Heather]], who has held the seat since [[Cook Islands general election, 2004|2004]].
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|member=[[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]
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|region=[[Rarotonga]]
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'''Akaoa''' is a [[Cook Islands]] electoral division returning one member to the [[Parliament of the Cook Islands|Cook Islands Parliament]].


The electorate was created in 1991, when the [[Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 (Cook Islands)|Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991]] adjusted electorate boundaries. It consists of the [[tapere]] of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of [[Rarotonga]].
The electorate was created in 1991, when the ''Constitution Amendment (No.14) Act 1991'' split the electorate of [[Murienua (electorate)|Murienua]] in half.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paclii.org/ck/legis/num_act/ca141991274/ |title=Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991 |publisher=PACLII |date= |accessdate=14 July 2020}}</ref> It consists of the [[tapere]] of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of [[Rarotonga]].


==Members of Parliament for Akaoa==
==Members of Parliament for Akaoa==
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.


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|-------------------
|width=29%|'''Name'''
|width=17%|'''Party'''
|width=15%|'''Elected'''
|width=15%|'''Left Office'''
|width=22%|'''Reason'''
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|[[Utia Matata]]
|Unknown
|[[Cook Islands general election, 1994|1994]]
|[[Cook Islands general election, 1999|1999]]
|Unknown
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Teremoana Tapi Taio]]
| [[1994 Cook Islands general election|1994]]
|bgcolor={{Democratic Party (Cook Islands)/meta/color}}| [[Democratic Party (Cook Islands)|Democrat]]
| [[Utia Matata]]
|[[Cook Islands general election, 1999|1999]]
| Unknown
|[[Cook Islands general election, 2004|2004]]
|Defeated
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (Cook Islands)}}" |
|[[Teariki Heather]]
|bgcolor={{Cook Islands Party/meta/color}}| [[Cook Islands Party]]
| [[1999 Cook Islands general election|1999]]
| [[Teremoana Tapi Taio]]
|[[Cook Islands general election, 2004|2004]], [[Akaoa by-election 2006|2006]], [[Cook Islands general election, 2010|2010]], [[Cook Islands general election, 2014|2014]], [[Cook Islands general election, 2018|2018]]
| [[Democratic Party (Cook Islands)|Democratic Party]]
|[[Cook Islands general election, 2018|2018]]
|Defeated
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cook Islands Party}}" |
|[[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]
| [[2004 Cook Islands general election|2004]], [[2006 Cook Islands general election|2006]], [[2006 Akaoa by-election|2006 by-election]], [[2010 Cook Islands general election|2010]], [[2014 Cook Islands general election|2014]]
|bgcolor={{Democratic Party (Cook Islands)/meta/color}}| [[Democratic Party (Cook Islands)|Democrat]]
| [[Teariki Heather]]
|[[Cook Islands general election, 2018|2018]]
| [[Cook Islands Party]]
|''Incumbent''
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (Cook Islands)}}" |
| [[2018 Cook Islands general election|2018]]
| [[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]
| [[Democratic Party (Cook Islands)|Democratic Party]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==
===2006 byelection===
===2022 election===
{{Election box begin
{{Election box begin| title=[[Akaoa by-election 2006]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=28651 |title=Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa |publisher=Radio New Zealand International |date=2006-11-29 |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref>}}
| title = [[2022 Cook Islands general election]]: Akaoa<ref>{{cite web | title=Cook Islands Parliamentary General Election 2022: Warrant Declaring the Successful Candidates and the Number of Votes Received by Each Candidate | work=The Cook Islands Gazette | pages=31-33 | first=Taggy | last=Tangimetua | date=11 August 2022 | archive-date=9 June 2023 | access-date=5 November 2024 | url-status=dead|url=https://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/documents/Statistics_Docs/Elections/Gaz_Public_Notice_9_Declaration_of_Result_of_Poll.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609163754/https://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/documents/Statistics_Docs/Elections/Gaz_Public_Notice_9_Declaration_of_Result_of_Poll.pdf}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Robert Heather]]
| party = Cook Islands United Party
| votes = 195
| percentage = 49.1
| change = +49.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]
| party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| votes = 145
| percentage = 36.5
| change = -17.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = Doreen Boggs
| party = Cook Islands Party
| votes = 57
| percentage = 14.4
| change = -31.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 397
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Cook Islands United Party
| loser = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| swing = +33.2
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2018 election===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2018 Cook Islands general election]]
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = '''[[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]'''
| party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| votes = '''233'''
| percentage = '''53.8'''
| change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Teariki Heather]]
| party = Cook Islands Party
| votes = 200
| percentage = 46.2
| change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| loser = Cook Islands Party
| swing = +5.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 election===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2014 Cook Islands general election]]
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = '''[[Teariki Heather]]'''
| party = Cook Islands Party
| votes = '''201'''
| percentage = '''52.1'''
| change = -3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Nooroa o Teariki Baker]]
| party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| votes = 185
| percentage = 47.9
| change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Cook Islands Party
| swing = +3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010 election===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2010 Cook Islands general election]]
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = '''[[Teariki Heather]]'''
| party = Cook Islands Party
| votes = '''186'''
| percentage = '''55.4'''
| change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Teremoana Tapi Taio]]
| party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
| votes = 150
| percentage = 44.6
| change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Cook Islands Party
| swing = -4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006 by-election===
{{Election box begin| title=[[2006 Akaoa by-election]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=28651 |title=Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa |publisher=Radio New Zealand International |date=29 November 2006 |accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Cook Islands Party
|party = Cook Islands Party
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|votes = 204
|votes = 204
|percentage = 54.0
|percentage = 54.0
|change = }}
|change = +4.0 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
|party = Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
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|votes = 174
|votes = 174
|percentage = 46.0
|percentage = 46.0
|change = }}
|change = -4.0 }}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Cook Islands Party
|swing = +4.0 }}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 378
|votes = 378
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===2006 election===
===2006 election===
{{Election box begin| title=[[Cook Islands general election, 2006]]: Akaoa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democookislands.com/finalelectionresults.html |title=Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006 |publisher=Cook Islands Democratic Party |accessdate=2010-02-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709011818/http://www.democookislands.com/finalelectionresults.html |archivedate=2011-07-09 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[2006 Cook Islands general election]]: Akaoa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democookislands.com/finalelectionresults.html |title=Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006 |publisher=Cook Islands Democratic Party |accessdate=23 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709011818/http://www.democookislands.com/finalelectionresults.html |archivedate=9 July 2011 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Cook Islands Party
|party = Cook Islands Party
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|percentage = 50.0
|percentage = 50.0
|change = }}
|change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Cook Islands Party
|swing = -3.3 }}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 358
|votes = 358
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===2004 election===
===2004 election===
{{Election box begin| title=[[Cook Islands general election, 2004]]: Akaoa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookislands.de/files/CI_General_Election_2004_Preliminary_Results.pdf |title=Cook Islands General Election preliminary Results |publisher=cookislands.de |date=2004-09-13 |accessdate=2010-02-23 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[2004 Cook Islands general election]]: Akaoa<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinews.co.ck/results.htm |title=GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES – to 13 September 2004 |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=13 September 2004 |accessdate= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015084208/http://www.cinews.co.ck/results.htm |archive-date=15 October 2004 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Cook Islands Party
|party = Cook Islands Party
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|percentage = 45.7
|percentage = 45.7
|change = }}
|change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Cook Islands Party
|swing = }}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 346
|votes = 346
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}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

===1999 election===
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

===1994 election===
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 5 November 2024

Akaoa
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
RegionRarotonga
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members1
Member(s)Nooroa o Teariki Baker
Created fromMurienua

Akaoa is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

The electorate was created in 1991, when the Constitution Amendment (No.14) Act 1991 split the electorate of Murienua in half.[1] It consists of the tapere of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament for Akaoa

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Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election Member Party
1994 Utia Matata Unknown
1999 Teremoana Tapi Taio Democratic Party
2004, 2006, 2006 by-election, 2010, 2014 Teariki Heather Cook Islands Party
2018 Nooroa o Teariki Baker Democratic Party

Election results

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2022 election

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2022 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands United Robert Heather 195 49.1 +49.1
Democratic Nooroa o Teariki Baker 145 36.5 −17.3
Cook Islands Doreen Boggs 57 14.4 −31.8
Turnout 397
Cook Islands United gain from Democratic Swing +33.2

2018 election

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2018 Cook Islands general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nooroa o Teariki Baker 233 53.8 +5.9
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 200 46.2 −5.9
Democratic gain from Cook Islands Swing +5.9

2014 election

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2014 Cook Islands general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 201 52.1 −3.3
Democratic Nooroa o Teariki Baker 185 47.9 +3.3
Cook Islands hold Swing +3.3

2010 election

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2010 Cook Islands general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 186 55.4 +1.4
Democratic Teremoana Tapi Taio 150 44.6 +6.5
Cook Islands hold Swing -4.0

2006 by-election

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2006 Akaoa by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 204 54.0 +4.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa 174 46.0 −4.0
Cook Islands hold Swing +4.0
Turnout 378

2006 election

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2006 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 179 50.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa 179 50.0
Cook Islands hold Swing -3.3
Turnout 358 85.2

2004 election

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2004 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 188 54.3
Democratic Teremoana Tapi Taio 158 45.7
Cook Islands hold Swing
Turnout 346 75.5

References

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  1. ^ "Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ Tangimetua, Taggy (11 August 2022). "Cook Islands Parliamentary General Election 2022: Warrant Declaring the Successful Candidates and the Number of Votes Received by Each Candidate" (PDF). The Cook Islands Gazette. pp. 31–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa". Radio New Zealand International. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  5. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES – to 13 September 2004". Cook Islands News. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.
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