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Tessa Temata | |
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 Tessa Temata in 2019. | |
| High Commissioner of New Zealand to the Cook Islands | |
| In office February 2019 – 8 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Marshall |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1967 Taranaki, New Zealand |
| Died | (aged 52) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Tessa Temata (c. 1967 – 8 December 2019) was a New Zealand career diplomat and lawyer who served as High Commissioner to the Cook Islands from February 2019 until her death in December 2019. Temata was the first person of Cook Islander descent to serve as New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, as well as the first female High Commissioner of Pasifika descent to be posted anywhere in Oceania.[1][2][3] Prior to her appointment as High Commissioner, Temata had served as a diplomat in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, and Niue.[1]
- ^ a b "NZ's first High Commissioner of Cook Island descent Tessa Temata dies". Radio New Zealand. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand's High Commissioner to Cook Islands Tessa Temata dies". New Zealand Herald. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Kumar, Rashneel (23 March 2019). "Getting to know NZ's new top diplomat in Cooks". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.