Inatio Akaruru
Inatio Akaruru
Akaruru was born on
At the 1999 election Akaruru held the Pukapuka-Nassau seat by a single vote.[4] The result was challenged by the Democratic Alliance Party and declared invalid. A by-election in September 1999 was also subsequently invalidated.[5] Akaruru contested the resulting 2000 Pukapuka-Nassau by-election and was defeated.[6]
In 1977, Akaruru was awarded the
Akaruru was interested in bowls and was President of the Cook Islands Bowling Association from 1984 to 2006.[8] He represented the Cook Islands in Bowls at the 1990 Auckland and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.[8]
References
- ^ PM Puna honours former politicians
- ^ John Akarur (31 January 2014). "Shattered to hear the news that my Dad Inatio Akaruru passed away in his sleep this morning back in the Cook Islands. Hard to believe that he is gone before i got to see him in June. RIP DAD". Facebook.
- ^ a b Ben Chapman-Smith (4 February 2014). "PM Puna honours former politicians". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ISBN 1-85743-255-X.
- ^ "Another by-election for Cook Islands Pukapuka-Nassau seat". Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center. 8 December 1999. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Alex Sword (29 November 2000). "PUKAPUKA/NASSAU PETITION HEARING DECEMBER 15". Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ a b "Inatio AKARURU C.B.E." Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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