Rakahanga is a

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electoral division returning one member to the

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. Its current representative is

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Piho Rua Piho Rua (born 15 November 1954) is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. Rua was born on Rakahanga and educated at Aitutaki Junior High School and Tereora College. He had a twenty-year career as a police ...

, who has held the seat since

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. The electorate consists of the island of

Rakahanga Rakahanga is part of the Cook Islands, situated in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. The unspoilt atoll is from the Cook Islands' capital, Rarotonga, and lies south of the equator. Its nearest neighbour is Manihiki which is just away. Raka ...

Members of Parliament for Rakahanga

Election results

2010 election

2006 election

2004 election

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