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{{Short description|Cook Islands politician}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2017}}
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|image = Kiriau Turepu 2017.jpg
|caption = Kiriau Turepu in 2017
|office           = Minister of Agriculture
|primeminister    = [[Henry Puna]]
|term_start       = 24 July 2013
|term_end         = 14 June 2018
|predecessor      = [[Nandi Glassie]]
|successor        = [[Rose Toki-Brown]]
|office2          = Minister for the Environment
|term_start2      = 3 November 2013
|term_end2         = 14 June 2018
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|predecessor2      = [[Henry Puna]]
|successor2 = [[Robert Tapaitau]]
|office3          = Minister of Business, Trade and Investment Board
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|term_start3      = 3 November 2013
|term_end3        = 14 June 2018
|predecessor3     = [[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]]
|successor3       = [[George Angene]]
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|constituency_MP5 = [[Matavera (electorate)|Matavera]]
|parliament5 = Cook Islands
|term_start5      = 17 November 2010
|term_end5        = 14 June 2018
|predecessor5     = [[Cassey Eggelton]]
|successor5       = [[Vaitoti Tupa]]
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|term_start6      = 19 July 2006
|term_end6        = 27 September 2006
|predecessor6     = [[Peri Vaevae Pare]]
|successor6       = [[Cassey Eggelton]]
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|party            = [[Cook Islands Party]]
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'''Kiriau Turepu''' is a [[Cook Islands]] politician and former [[Cabinet of the Cook Islands|Cabinet Minister]].  He is a member of the [[Cook Islands Party]].
Turepu was educated at [[Northland College, Kaikohe|Northland College]] in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao55TeA/c28.html |title=Innovation |author=Ian Mitchell |work=Te Ao Hou: The New World |volume=55 |page=50 |date=June 1966 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> He represented the Cook Islands in tennis at the [[1971 South Pacific Games]] in [[Papeete]], [[Tahiti]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cookislandsnews.com/sport/rugby-union/item/65293-blast-from-the-past |title=Blast from the past |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=29 July 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>
Turepu was first elected to [[Parliament of the Cook Islands|Parliament]] in the [[2006 Matavera by-election]].<ref name=win>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/163507/cook-islands-party-wins-matavera-by-election |title=Cook Islands Party wins Matavera by-election |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=21 July 2006 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>  As a result, the government lost its majority and dissolved Parliament to avoid a confidence vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/163567/cooks-parliament-dissolved |title=Cooks parliament dissolved |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=25 July 2006 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>  He was unsuccessful in the ensuing [[2006 Cook Islands general election|2006 election]], but was re-elected at the [[2010 Cook Islands general election|2010 election]].
==Cabinet Minister==
In May 2011 Turepu was made associate minister of agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/197368/cook-islands-cabinet-increases-in-size |title=Cook Islands cabinet increases in size |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=25 May 2011 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> In July 2013 he was appointed to Cabinet proper as Minister of Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cookislandsnews.com/national/politics/item/15168-new-minister-joins-cabinet |title=New minister joins cabinet |author=Emmanuel Samoglou |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=25 July 2013 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/2013/July/Wed31/local.htm#1307270106 |title=Turepu takes on agriculture |publisher=Cook Islands News |author=Emmanuel Samoglou |date=2013-07-27 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> In November 2013 he was also given responsibility for the Business and Environment portfolios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/item/42077-long-awaited-cabinet-shuffle-announced |title=Long awaited cabinet shuffle announced |publisher=cook Islands News |date=3 November 2013 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2014 Cook Islands general election|2014 election]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/250081/cook-islands-party-wins-absolute-majority |title=Cook Islands Party wins absolute majority |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=19 July 2014 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> In 2017 he established the [[Marae Moana]] marine sanctuary,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cookislandsnews.com/national/environment/item/63875-a-beacon-of-hope-for-humpbacks |title=A beacon of hope for humpbacks |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=5 April 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> which at the time was the largest multiple-use [[marine protected area]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/335067/cook-islands-marae-moana-legislation-passed |title=Cook Islands Marae Moana legislation passed |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=14 July 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>
He lost his seat in the [[2018 Cook Islands general election|2018 election]] to [[Vaitoti Tupa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/359705/puna-retains-his-seat-as-all-cooks-preliminary-election-results-are-in |title=Puna retains his seat as all Cooks preliminary election results are in |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=16 June 2018 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>
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