Lapati Paka
Lapati Paka | |
|---|---|
| Member of theNiue Assembly | |
| In office 1975– | |
| Constituency | Island-wide |
Lapati Pakawas aNiueanpolitician. She was jointly one of the first women elected to theNiue Assembly.
Biography
[edit]Originally fromMutalau,Paka was the daughter ofTogakilo,a member of the Legislative Assembly, and began her career as a nurse.[1]After taking a home economics course inSuva,she joined the civil service as a Women's Interest Officer in 1965.[2]She also became secretary of the Women's Club.[3]
She contested the island-wide constituency in theApril 1975 electionsand was elected to the Niue Assembly, becoming one of the first women elected to the legislature alongsidePatricia Rex.Her father was also re-elected in the same election.[1]
She later became president of the Niue Council of Women.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abNo Rex dynasty for NiuePacific Islands Monthly,June 1975, p9
- ^PeoplePacific Islands Monthly,December 1965, p141
- ^New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review,volume 25, p44
- ^Niue Council of Women Celebrate their Arts and Crafts in technicolourTau Tala Niue, 20 August 2010