Ngereteina Puna

Ngereteina Puna (born 1938) is a former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He is the older brother of Prime Minister Henry Puna.^[1]

Puna grew up on Aitutaki. After graduating from Ardmore Teacher’s Training College [1] and the University of Auckland in New Zealand he worked as a teacher.^[2] At the 1989 election he was elected as MP for Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara.^[2] After retiring from politics at the 1999 election he was appointed Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, a position he held from 1999 - 2001.^[2]^[3] He went on to serve as Minister of Education in the Cook Islands Party government of Geoffrey Henry from 2011 - 2012.^[2]

In 1977, Puna was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.^[4]

Puna is currently based in Auckland, where he works as an advisor to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.^[2]

Puna is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.^[5]

Puna's father, , was a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his older brother also served as a Cabinet Minister.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "New PM sworn in today". Cook Islands News. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Family gathers". Cook Islands News. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ "Former Members of the Cook Islands Parliament". Cook Islands Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). "Recipients of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977: nominal roll of New Zealand recipients including Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau". Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 432. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
^ Alexeyeff, Kalissa (23 March 2009). Dancing from the Heart:Movement, Gender, and Cook Islands Globalization. Google. ISBN 9780824832445. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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[cinsworn-1] "New PM sworn in today". Cook Islands News. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[fg-2] "Family gathers". Cook Islands News. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[former-3] "Former Members of the Cook Islands Parliament". Cook Islands Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[4] Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). "Recipients of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977: nominal roll of New Zealand recipients including Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau". Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 432. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

[5] Alexeyeff, Kalissa (23 March 2009). Dancing from the Heart:Movement, Gender, and Cook Islands Globalization. Google. ISBN 9780824832445. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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