Mrs. Ngai Ngatara TUPA
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Member for Takuvaine-Tutakimoa Rarotonga
Member of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DOB: 24th April 1936
POB: Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Parliamentary Services:
Elected as a Member of the Parliament of the Cook Islands on the 26th September, 2006, Snap Election.
Committee Services:
Committee Member for Select Committee for:
· Education & Science SC;
· Land, Local Government, and Cultural Affairs;
· Labour SC.
Service Information:
CI Child Welfare President twenty years; Rarotonga Girl Guides Commissioner three years; Member fo the Parole Board three years; Member of the Rarotonga Environment Authority.
Mama Ngai and her husband own and operate a very successful family business, a village shop since 1974.
Community Service:
President of the Takuvaine Sports and Cultural Association five years; Kumiti Oire Vaka Te- Au-O-Tonga. Mama Ngai and her husband Papa Tupa sponsor many church, youth, sports and community activities and programs in Takuvaine and Tutakimoa.
Education:
Attended St. Joseph Catholic Primary School.
Personal:
Mama Ngai is married to Tupa Urirau Tupa and they have 11 children of their own plus six feeding children. They have many grandchildren.