Alapati Tavite
{{short description|Tokelauan politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = {{lang|tkl|Afioga Aliki Faipule}}
| name = Alapati Tavite
| image = File:Alapati Tavite 2024 (cropped).jpg
| order = 32nd {{lang|tkl|Ulu-o-Tokelau}}
| 1blankname = Administrator
| 1namedata = Don Higgins
| term_start = 12 March 2024
| term_end = 17 March 2025
| predecessor = Kelihiano Kalolo
| successor = Esera Fofō Tuisano
| spouse = Silivia Tavite
| caption = Tavite in 2024
}}
Afioga Aliki Faipule Alapati Tavite{{Cite web |title=Wellington.Scoop » World's largest Tokelau Festival in Lower Hutt this weekend |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159208 |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en}} is a Tokelauan politician who was the Ulu-o-Tokelau from March 2024 to March 2025. The Ulu serves as the dependent territory's head of government.{{cite news |title=Tokelau: Heads of government (Ulu-o-Tokelau) |url=http://rulers.org/rult.html#tokelau |work=Rulers.org |access-date=30 March 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Knell |first1=Conor |title=Thousands of Tokelauans gather for first time in seven years |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350230462/thousands-tokelauans-gather-first-time-seven-years |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=The Press |date=29 March 2024}}
The office of Ulu rotates on an annual basis between the {{lang|tkl|Faipule}}, atoll leaders, of each of the country's three atolls.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=Visit by the Ulu-o-Tokelau {{!}} The Governor-General of New Zealand |url=https://gg.govt.nz/governor-general/blog/2024/03/visit-ulu-o-tokelau |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=gg.govt.nz |language=en}} As Ulu he chaired the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau.{{Cite web |title=Tokelau Government |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Tokelau+Government.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}
In March 2025, he was succeeded as Ulu by Esera Fofō Tuisano.
Electoral history
In the 2017 and 2020 general election, Tavite was elected as {{lang|tkl|taupulega}}, a member of the council of elders, of Nukunonu.{{Cite web |title=Tokelau casts vote of confidence in experienced leaders |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Bulletin/Jan-Feb+2017/2017+elections.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Tokelau announce official general election 2020 results |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Bulletin/January+2020/Tokelau+announce+official+general+election+2020+results.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}
In the 2023 Tokelauan general election, Tavite was elected as the {{lang|tkl|Faipule}} of Nukunonu.{{Cite web |date=27 January 2023 |title=Declaration of Results for Tokelau National Elections 2023 |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/site/tokelau/Tokelau%202023%20Election%20Final%20Results-eng.pdf |website=Government of Tokelau}}
Personal life
He is married to Silivia Tavite, a doctor who has served as Tokelau's Director of Health.{{Cite web |title=Visit by the Ulu-o-Tokelau {{!}} The Governor-General of New Zealand |url=https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/10162/media |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=gg.govt.nz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=A healthy Tokelau today and tomorrow – a whole of government approach |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Bulletin/August+2016/healthy+Tokelau.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Tokelau measures and border control against Measles epidemic |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Bulletin/November+2019/Tokelau+measures+and+border+control+against+Measles+epidemic.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}
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