John Operator Tiakia is a Niuean politician and former member of the Niue Assembly. He is the father of MP Rhonda Tiakia Tomailuga. Tiakia worked as a civil servant for the Department of Public Works. He was elected to the Niue Assembly at the

1996 Niuean general election General elections were held in Niue on 23 February 1996. Members of the Niue People's Party won nine seats, with independents taking the other eleven. Premier Frank Lui Frank Fakaotimanava Lui (19 November 1935 – 9 July 2021) was a Ni ...

, and served as MP for Lakepa until 2005. After leaving parliament he was appointed Public Service Commissioner. Following the 2011 election he was unsuccessfully nominated by opposition MP

Terry Coe Terry Donald Coe is a Niuean politician and former cabinet minister. He was first elected to the Niue Assembly as a common roll member in the 1993 Niuean general election, and immediately made a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui. ...

for the position of Speaker. He was re-elected at the

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. In February 2022 he was appointed as Member Assisting the Minister of Infrastructure. He retired at the 2023 election, and was succeeded in his seat by his daughter, Rhonda Tiakia Tomailuga.

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