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About Ngereteina Puna
- Ngereteina Puna (born 1938) is a former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament and Cabinet Minister.
- He is the older brother of Prime Minister Henry Puna.Puna grew up on Aitutaki.
- After graduating from the University of Auckland in New Zealand he worked as a teacher.
- At the 1989 election he was elected as MP for Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara.
- After retiring from politics at the 1999 election he was appointed Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, a position he held from 1999 - 2001.
- He went on to serve as Minister of Education in the Cook Islands Party government of Geoffrey Henry from 2011 - 2012.Puna is currently based in Auckland, where he works as an advisor to Te Wananga o Aotearoa.Puna is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Puna's father, Tuakeu Manuela, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his older brother William Estall also served as a Cabinet Minister.
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