Te Kura O Te Au People's Movement is a

political movement A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition to an element of the status quo, and are often associated with a certain ideology. Some t ...

in the

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

. It has several founding members, but its current leader is Tim Tepaki. It is currently unrepresented in the Cook Islands Parliament. The People's Movement was originally established in 2009 as a pressure group in response to the introduction on Sunday flights to the island of

Aitutaki Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...

. It initially denied being a political party, but in May 2010 confirmed that it would contest the 2010 general election. The party supports political reform, including a "major" reduction in the size of parliament. It proposes suspending all Sunday flights to

, followed by a

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to determine whether than ban will be made permanent. The party will select candidates in July 2010. Following the selection process the candidates will elect a party leader and committee. The party ran six candidates in the 2010 election, but none were successful. It did not run any candidates in the

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Political parties in the Cook Islands Political parties established in 2010 Aitutaki 2010 establishments in the Cook Islands Defunct political parties in the Cook Islands {{CookIslands-stub