Enetama Lipi is a former politician from

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

. He was an Assemblyman for Namukulu when he was elected into the Niue Legislative Assembly and was appointed to the Executive Council following the 1972 election.No election fuss
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1972, p128 In 1973 he served as part of the negotiating team which negotiated the terms of Niue's self-government. He became a Cabinet Minister in Robert Rex's first Government following the attainment of self-government status by Niue on 19 October 1974. The son of Nogihau and Lipitoa of

Namukulu Namukulu is one of the fourteen villages of Niue. With a population of 11 (2017 census), it is the smallest village on the island. It has an observation point located close to the Namukulu Cottages The village was established in 1922 by people mov ...

, Lipitoa graduated in 1957 from

Fiji School of Medicine The Fiji School of Medicine is a tertiary institution based in Suva, Fiji. Originally established in 1885 as the ''Suva Medical School''. FSM became the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences as part of Fiji National University in 2010. It ...

. He moved residence to his wife's home village of

Lakepa Lakepa is one of the fourteen villages of Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2 ...

while still holding his MP seat for Namukulu. He was elected MP for Lakepa before retiring. The Assemblyman post made vacant by Lipitoa was taken over by his older brother,

Jack Willie Lipitoa Jack Willie Lipitoa (born ) is a Niuean politician and former Member of the Niue Assembly. He is the older brother of former Cabinet Minister Enetama Lipitoa. Lipitoa worked as a teacher, first at Matalave and then at Niue High School. He was ...

, a retired technical drawing and woodwork teacher of Niue High School.

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