Elma Ngatokoa Maua (12 November 1948 – 28 April 2010) was a
Cook Islands
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-born
New Zealand
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journalist
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Roles
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and
editor
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. Maua was one of New Zealand's first
Pasifika journalists.
Maua was born in
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040. The Parliament of the Cook Islands, Coo ...
,
Cook Islands
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in 1948, the youngest of six children. She moved with her family to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1952.
She worked as a journalist for
Radio New Zealand
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and
Niu FM.
[ In 1999, Maua briefly returned to the Cook Islands, where she worked in the Prime Minister's office.][
In 2010, her deteriorating health forced Maua to retire as the sports editor of ]Radio New Zealand International
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.[ She died on 28 April 2010, in ]Wellington
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, New Zealand, aged 61.[
]
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1948 births
2010 deaths
New Zealand journalists
New Zealand radio journalists
New Zealand women radio journalists
New Zealand editors
New Zealand women journalists
New Zealand women editors
Cook Island journalists
Cook Island emigrants to New Zealand
People from Rarotonga
Writers from Wellington City
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