Va'aiga Tukuitonga
Va'aiga Paotama Tukuitonga is a Niuean politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is member of the Niue Assembly for the village of Alofi North.
Tukuitonga was educated at Victoria University of Wellington.[1] She has previously worked as a Justice of Peace, public servant, and schoolteacher.[1] She was first elected to the Assembly in the 1999 elections, defeating sitting Premier Frank Lui in his own seat.[2] She was re-elected at the 2002 and 2005 elections, and appointed to the Cabinet of Young Vivian as Minister of Education after the latter. She was elected unopposed at the 2008 election.
In 2013 Tukuitonga blamed Niue's falling population on the use of contraception.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Hon. Va'aiga Paotama Tukuitonga". Pacific Women in politics. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Stephen Levine (2000). "Political Review: Niue". The Contemporary Pacific. 12 (1): 231–236. doi:10.1353/cp.2000.0020.
- ^ Michael Sergel and Finian Scott (20 April 2013). "Niue politician blames family planning experts for 'depopulation' threat". Pacific Scoop. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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