Wesley Kareroa

Wesley Kareroa is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Wesley Kareroa
Member of the Cook Islands Parliament
for Oneroa
Assumed office
9 July 2014
Preceded byWinton Pickering
Personal details
Political partyCook Islands Democratic Party

Kareroa worked as an agent for Air Rarotonga.[1] He was first elected to Parliament in the 2014 Cook Islands general election. After the election he was reportedly offered a ministerial position by Prime Minister Henry Puna in exchange for supporting him in the House, but refused.[2] He was re-elected in the 2018 election.[3]

In February 2020 he was appointed Democratic Party spokesperson on National Superannuation and Parliamentary Services.[4]

References
  1. "CIP leadership could be reviewed". Cook Islands News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. "Cooks Democratic Party Leader Calls PM 'Desperate'". Pacific Islands Report. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. Rashneel Kumar (29 June 2018). "No change to election result". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. Melina Etches (19 February 2020). "Demos gunning for change". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.


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