Alfred Ngaro
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The Honourable Alfred Ngaro MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list |
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Assumed office 30 November 2011 |
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| Minister of Community and Voluntary Sector | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Jo Goodhew |
| Minister of Pacific Peoples | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Sam Lotu-liga |
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| Born | 1965/1966 (age 50–51) New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Website | www |
Alfred Ngaro is a New Zealand politician and, since the 2011 election, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Party and the first Cook Islander who was elected to Parliament in New Zealand.
Ngaro is of Cook Islands descent. Ngaro's father Daniel Ngaro from Aitutaki and Pukapuka was a union delegate, and the family has a long tradition of voting for the Labour Party. His mother, Toko Kirianu, is from Mangaia.
Ngaro trained as an electrician and was self-employed in the trade for five years. As per his grandmother's wish, he then completed a theology degree and became a pastor at the Tamaki Community Church. He later won a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award for his work on the Tamaki Transformation Project.
Ngaro served as the Auckland District Health Board's Pacific committee chairman and as the Tamaki College board of trustees chairman. He is a member of various advisory committees for the Ministry of Social Development.
Ngaro was encouraged by his friend Sam Lotu-Iiga to become active in politics. Ngaro was a candidate for Citizens & Ratepayers in the Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward at the 2010 elections for the Auckland Council. He however finished second to Richard Northey and was not elected.
In early September 2011, he was announced as a list-only candidate for the New Zealand National Party at the 2011 election. He was ranked at 37 on the party list and was subsequently elected. He is the first Cook Islander to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament, sitting in the 50th Parliament.
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