page_title: Va'aiga Tukuitonga
hierarchical_section_title: Va'aiga Tukuitonga
caption_attribution_description: English: Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum, 2013 : Debate Four, Importance of Parliaments to local communities. Participants Speak. Va'iga Tukiitonga, Niue.
context_page_description: Va'aiga Paotama Tukuitonga is a Niuean politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is member of the Niue Assembly for the village of Alofi North.
  Tukuitonga was educated at Victoria University of Wellington. She has previously worked as a Justice of Peace, public servant, and schoolteacher. She was first elected to the Assembly in the 1999 elections, defeating sitting Premier Frank Lui in his own seat. She was re-elected at the 2002 and 2005 elections, and appointed to the Cabinet of Young Vivian as Minister of Education after the latter. She was elected unopposed at the 2008 election.
  In 2013 Tukuitonga blamed Niue's falling population on the use of contraception.
context_section_description: Va'aiga Paotama Tukuitonga is a Niuean politician and former Cabinet Minister.  She is member of the Niue Assembly for the village of Alofi North.
  Tukuitonga was educated at Victoria University of Wellington. She has previously worked as a Justice of Peace, public servant, and schoolteacher. She was first elected to the Assembly in the 1999 elections, defeating sitting Premier Frank Lui in his own seat.  She was re-elected at the 2002 and 2005 elections, and appointed to the Cabinet of Young Vivian as Minister of Education after the latter.  She was elected unopposed at the 2008 election.
  In 2013 Tukuitonga blamed Niue's falling population on the use of contraception.
caption: Va'iga Tukiitonga speaking in the NZ Parliament in 2013
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