Ngai Tupa

Ngai Ngatara Tupa (born 24 April 1936) is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party and the mother of MP Vaitoti Tupa.[1]

Tupa was born in Rarotonga and educated at St. Joseph Catholic Primary School. She was first elected to Parliament in the seat of Takuvaine-Tutakimoa in the 2006 snap election, defeating Cook Islands Party candidate Mark Brown. She served one term as a backbench MP, but was not re-elected in the 2010 election.

In July 2009 a report from the audit office found that Tupa had exerted undue influence over the reappointment of her son Vaitoti Tupa as director of the National Environment Services.[1]

References
  1. "COOKS AUDIT FINDS NEPOTISM IN AGENCY HIRE". Pacific Islands Report. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  • Profile at Cook Islands Parliament.
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