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Queen's Representative
The King's Representative is the official representative of , as Monarchy in the Cook Islands, of the realm of New Zealand, in the Cook Islands. The office of King's Representative is established by the Constitution of the Cook Islands. They are appointed by the King for a term of three years, and may be reappointed. When the Cook Islands has a queen regnant, the viceroy is titled Queen's Representative. The King's Representative fills the role normally filled by a Governor-General in the Westminster system of a Commonwealth realm, being both a representative of the monarch and the titular head of executive government. They appoint the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Cook Islands, Cabinet and chair the Cook Islands Executive council (Commonwealth countries), Executive Council. In performing their duties, they must act on advice. Originally these duties were performed by the High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commissioner of New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Marsters
Sir Tom John Marsters, (born 4 August 1945) is the current King's Representative to the Cook Islands (formerly the 7th. Queen's Representative). He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Foreign Minister, and Deputy Leader of the Cook Islands Party. Personal life Marsters was born on Palmerston Island and educated at Nikao and Avarua Primary Schools before attending Avele College in Samoa and Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education, Grimsby Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom. Before entering politics he worked as a public servant. He was Secretary General of the Cook Islands Party from 1968 to 1999. He was first elected to Parliament of the Cook Islands, Parliament for the seat of Murienua (electorate), Murienua in a by-election in 1991. Cabinet Marsters served as Minister of Works in the Cabinet of Geoffrey Henry, Sir Geoffrey Henry, but resigned his position in 1997 in protest at budget cuts. He later served as Minister of Works, Youth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor-General Of New Zealand
The governor-general of New Zealand () is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles III. As the King is concurrently the monarch of 14 other Commonwealth realms and lives in the United Kingdom, he, on the Advice (constitutional), advice of his New Zealand prime minister, appoints a governor-general to carry out his constitutional and ceremonial duties within New Zealand. Governors-general typically serve a five-year term of office, subject to a possible short extension, though they formally serve "At His Majesty's pleasure, at the monarch's pleasure". The incumbent governor-general is Dame Cindy Kiro, since 21 October 2021. Administrative support for the governor-general is provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Constitutional functions include presiding over the Executive Council of New Zealand, Executive Council, appointing Ministers in the New Zealand Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Greig
Laurence Murray Greig (born 24 February 1929) is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as Chief Justice of the Cook Islands, a judge of the High Court of New Zealand, and as Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. Greig was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was educated at George Watson's College. He moved to Dunedin, New Zealand with his family as a teenager in 1946. He studied law at the University of Otago, then worked for Crown solicitors for five years before joining Bell Gully as a commercial lawyer. He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand The High Court of New Zealand () is the superior court of New Zealand. It has general jurisdiction and responsibility, under the Senior Courts Act 2016, as well as the High Court Rules 2016, for the administration of justice throughout New Zeala ... in 1979. He retired from the bench in May 1996. Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Greig was appointed the inaugural Inspector-General of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terepai Maoate
Sir Terepai Tuamure Maoate (1 September 1934 – 9 July 2012) was Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 18 November 1999 to 11 February 2002. He was a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party. Maoate was born in Rarotonga on 1 September 1934, and educated at Ngatangiia Primary School, Fiji School of Medicine, and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). He worked as a medical doctor before becoming Director of Clinical Services for the Ministry of Health in 1976. Maoate was elected to the Cook Islands Parliament as MP for Ngatangiia in the March 1983 general election. He subsequently served as Minister of Health and Agriculture in the Democratic cabinet of Tom Davis, and between 1985 and 1989 was also Deputy Prime Minister. In 1998, Maoate became Leader of the Democratic party and Leader of the Opposition. The 1999 election produced a hung Parliament A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures primarily under the Westminster system (typically employing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (Cook Islands Politician)
Joseph Williams (4 October 19344 September 2020) was a Cook Islands politician and physician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands for four months in 1999. He is credited with having worked to prevent the spread of the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). He principally resided in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was medical director of the Mt Wellington Integrated Family Health Centre. Early life and family Williams was born on Aitutaki on 4 October 1934, and was a descendant of William Marsters of Palmerston Island. He travelled to New Zealand in 1947, and was educated at Northland College after winning a government scholarship. Medical career Williams graduated from Otago Medical School in 1960, and later completed a Masters in Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi. He returned to the Cook Islands in 1964, where he worked as Medical Superintendent, surgeon, physician, Director of Health and Secretary of Social Services, while also resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apenera Pera Short
Sir Apenera Pera Short (4 February 1916 – 15 June 2011) was a Cook Islands politician and from 1990 to 2000 was the Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands. Short was born on Rarotonga. He was a school teacher in Ngatangiia at from 1951 to 1956 was a teacher at Tereora College in Avarua. In 1939, he married Maui Timata i te Rui Cowan; the couple had 14 children, including two sets of twins. In the 1965 Cook Islands election, Short was elected as a member of the Cook Islands Legislative Assembly and joined the Cabinet of the ruling Cook Islands Party as a Minister of the Crown and Deputy Premier. Short held this position until 1978. On 19 December 1990, Short was appointed to succeed Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa as the Queen's Representative. Short held this position until 14 December 2000. He was succeeded by Lawrence Greig, who held the position in an acting capacity until Frederick Tutu Goodwin was appointed in 2001. Honours Short was appointed a Knight Commander of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pupuke Robati
Sir Pupuke Robati, KBE (9 April 1925 – 26 April 2009) was a Cook Island politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 29 July 1987 to 1 February 1989. Robati was from the island of Rakahanga. He completed his primary and secondary schooling in Manihiki and Rarotonga. He studied medicine at the Fiji School of Medicine and graduated as a surgeon in 1948. On returning to the Cook Islands, he worked in Rarotonga, Mangaia, and Atiu, eventually rising to be director of public health. In 1966, he received training from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Otago in New Zealand and graduated with a Diploma of Public Health. Political career Robati was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in the 1965 election as an independent representing the district of Rakahanga. He was re-elected in the 1968 election, and in 1972 he joined the newly created Democratic Party. He was re-elected in eight more general elections as a candidate f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangaroa Tangaroa
Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa (6 May 1921 – 23 May 2009) was a Cook Islands politician. Born as the only child to Akaruke and Puna, he helped raise his wife's children. He started his professional life as a government radio operator (1939–1954). In 1955 he became a shipping clerk which he remained until 1963 Tangaroa was elected in 1958 to the country's first Legislative Assembly, and subsequently served as member for Penrhyn in the Parliament of the Cook Islands until 1983. In 1969 to 1970, he was the leader of the now-defunct United Cook Islanders party. Tangaroa later became a member of the Democratic Party, and he served in Democratic Party Cabinets in the late 1970s. In 1985, he was the first Cook Islander to be appointed Queen's Representative. He held the position until 1990, when he was succeeded by Apenera Short. The Cook Islands government website points out that in 2003 he "has the distinction of being the only Cook Islander to have been knighted by Queen Elizab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Speight
Sir Graham Davies Speight (21 July 1921 – 17 July 2008) was a New Zealand High Court judge. He served as the acting Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands in 1984. Speight was born in Auckland on 21 July 1921. He was educated at Newmarket School, Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, where he earned his law degree in 1942. After graduating, he served in the New Zealand Army from 1942 until 1946. He married Elizabeth Muriel Booth in 1947, and the couple went on to have two children. Speight served as the Crown solicitor in Auckland from 1959 until 1966, when was appointed a High Court judge. He later served as the Chief Justice of the Cook Islands and the President of the Court of Appeal of Fiji from 1982 until 1988. In 1976 the Auckland Star quoted Justice Graham Speight as saying, in relation to the immigration of Pacific Islanders to New Zealand, ‘one must have the gravest anxiety as to the placement of these unsophisticated people in an envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of The Cook Islands
The coat of arms of the Cook Islands has a escutcheon (heraldry), shield as its focal point. The shield is blue with fifteen white Star (heraldry), stars arranged in a circle, as found on the Flag of the Cook Islands, national flag, and is supporter, supported by a flying fish (''maroro'') and a white tern (''kakaia''). The helmet (heraldry), helmet is an Ariki#Cook Islands, ariki head-dress (''pare kura'') of red feathers, symbolising the importance of the traditional Social rank, rank system, and the name of the nation is on a scroll below the shield. The Achievement (heraldry), achievement is augmented by a cross and a Rarotongan club (''momore taringavaru'') used by orators during traditional discourses, respectively symbolizing Christianity and the richness of Cook Islands' tradition, placed in saltire behind the shield. The coat of arms was designed by Mataiapo Metuakore Teremoana Ngametua Tutakiao Kora , also known as Papa Motu Kora. References National symbols of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Henry
Sir Geoffrey Arama Henry (16 November 1940 – 9 May 2012) was a Cook Island politician who was twice the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP) from 1979 to 2006. Early life Henry was a native of Aitutaki. His father was the deacon of the Cook Islands Christian Church on the island. He was also first cousin to Albert Henry. He received a law degree from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He was married to Lady Louisa Henry. Political career Henry initially entered parliament in the opposition party aged 24 because of the corruption and excesses of the governing Cook Islands Party led by his cousin Albert Henry. However, in 1972 he joined the CIP: "family pressure was unbearable, and he could not personally tolerate being ostracised by the family again". Despite distrust from Albert Henry's powerful wife Elizabeth, his talent in a mediocre party meant he became finance minister. Henry became leader of the CIP in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davis (Cook Islands Politician)
Sir Thomas Robert Alexander Harries Davis (11 June 1917 – 23 July 2007) was a Cook Islands statesman and medical researcher. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 1978 to March 1983, and again from November 1983 to July 1987. He also worked as a medical officer, and as a medical researcher for the US Army and NASA. He was a founder of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society and constructed and voyaged in several replica ''vaka'', including ''Tākitumu'' and ''Te Au o Tonga''. Early life and education Davis was born on the island of Rarotonga and educated at King's College, Auckland. He was the first Cook Islands medical graduate in New Zealand, finishing his studies at the University of Otago in 1945. He applied for the position of Medical Officer in the Cook Islands, and after multiple rejections due to racism from colonial officials, was eventually appointed. As Medical Officer, he reorganised the country's health system, establishing a nursing school and taking m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
