Matavera (electorate)

Matavera
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created	1981
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Vaitoti Tupa
Created from	Takitumu

Matavera is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Titama, Tupapa, Matavera, Pouara, and Vaenga on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983 (Mar), 1983 (Nov)	William Cowan	Democratic Party
	1994	Mataio Mataio Aperau	Unknown
	1999, 2004	Peri Vaevae Pare	Democratic Party
	2006 by-election	Kiriau Turepu	Cook Islands Party
	2006	Cassey Eggelton	Democratic Party
	2010, 2014	Kiriau Turepu	Cook Islands Party
	2018	Vaitoti Tupa	Democratic Party