Tekii Lazaro is a Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament

Parliament of the Cook Islands

The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand colonial rule, it became the national legislature on independence in 1965....

. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party

Cook Islands Party

The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....

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Lazaro served for 35 years in the Cook Islands Police. He stood in the seat of Pukapuka-Nassau

Pukapuka-Nassau (Cook Islands electorate)

Pukapuka-Nassau is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Tekii Lazaro, who has held the seat since 2011.The electorate consists of the islands of Pukapuka and Nassau....

 in the 2010 election

Cook Islands general election, 2010

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 17 November 2010 in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The elections were won by the Cook Islands Party, which won 16 of the 24 seats...

, and narrowly won the seat on the night. A subsequent election petition found him guilty of bribery, and declared his election void. Lazaro contested and won the subsequent by-election

Pukapuka by-election, 2011

A by-election was held in the Cook Islands electorate of Pukapuka-Nassau on 7 June 2011. The by-election was precipitated by an electoral petition declaring the election of Tekii Lazaro in the 2010 election invalid....

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