Matavera (electorate)
Electoral division of the Cook Islands
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Matavera is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.
| Matavera | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands | |
| |
| Region | Rarotonga |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1981 |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Member | Taneao Ngamata |
| Created from | Takitumu |
The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Titama, Tupapa, Matavera, Pouara, and Vaenga on the island of Rarotonga.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 (Mar), 1983 (Nov) | William Cowan | Democratic Party | |
| 1994 | Mataio Mataio Aperau | Unknown | |
| 1999, 2004 | Peri Vaevae Pare | Democratic Party | |
| 2006 by-election | Kiriau Turepu | Cook Islands Party | |
| 2006 | Cassey Eggelton | Democratic Party | |
| 2010, 2014 | Kiriau Turepu | Cook Islands Party | |
| 2018, 2022 | Vaitoti Tupa | Democratic Party | |
| 2026 | Taneao Ngamata | Cook Islands United Party | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands United | Taneao Ngamata | 240 | 37.7 | ||
| Democratic | Vaitoti Tupa† | 231 | 36.3 | ||
| Cook Islands | Aneru Andrew Tautu | 166 | 26.1 | ||
| Turnout | 637 | ||||
| Cook Islands United gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| † incumbent | |||||