Tiakana Numanga

Tiakana Numanga
Tiakana Numanga
Deputy Premier
	In office; 1974–1977
Minister of Fisheries and Police
	In office; 1972–1974
Preceded by	Apenera Short
Minister of Education
	In office; 1968–1972
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Henry
Minister of Health
	In office; 1967–1968
Succeeded by	Inatio Akaruru
Minister of Police and Social Development
	In office; –1967
Preceded by	Julian Dashwood
Minister for Public Works and Survey
	In office; 1965–
Preceded by	Tangaroa Tangaroa
Succeeded by	Julian Dashwood
Member of the Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1965–1977
Succeeded by	Iaveta Short
Constituency	Takitumu
Personal details
Born	3 August 1909; Titikaveka, Cook Islands
Died	1977
Political party	Cook Islands Party

Tiakana Numanga (3 August 1909 – 1977) was a Cook Islands politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1965 and his death and held several ministerial portfolios, including being Deputy Premier.

Biography

Numanga was born in Titikaveka in 1909.[1] He began work as a schoolteacher in 1927, later becoming a planter and running a bakery and store.[1][2] In 1931 he married Meoroa, with whom he had two daughters and a son.[1]

Numanga contested the 1965 elections as a Cook Islands Party candidate in the Takitumu constituency, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly. Following the elections, he was appointed to the Executive Council and became Minister for Public Works and Survey and Associate Minister of Labour.[3] He swapped portfolios with Julian Dashwood, becoming Minister of Police and Social Development for a short period,[2] before a cabinet reshuffle in January 1967 saw him appointed Minister for Health.[4]

He was re-elected in 1968 and became Minister of Education. Following the 1972 elections he was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Police.[5] After being re-elected again in 1974, he was dropped from the cabinet. However, after threatening to join the opposition, he was appointed Deputy Premier.[6]

In 1977, Numanga was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[7] He died in 1977.

References

Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who, issue 10, p635
David J. Stone (1971) Self rule in the Cook Islands: The government and politics of a new micro-state
Era of Self-Government Begins In The Cook Islands Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1965, pp27–29
External Affairs Review, Volume 17, p51
In a Nutshell Pacific Islands Monthly, pp127–129
Thomas R. A. H. Davis & R. G. Crocombe (1979) Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story, p35
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. 431. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

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[WW-1] Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who, issue 10, p635

[DJS-2] David J. Stone (1971) Self rule in the Cook Islands: The government and politics of a new micro-state

[PIM3-3] Era of Self-Government Begins In The Cook Islands Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1965, pp27–29

[4] External Affairs Review, Volume 17, p51

[5] In a Nutshell Pacific Islands Monthly, pp127–129

[6] Thomas R. A. H. Davis & R. G. Crocombe (1979) Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story, p35

[7] 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. 431. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.