Hon Kahealani Sinahemana Hekau
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Hon Kahealani Sinahemana Hekau
Party: N/A
Term: 2023 - current
Electorate: Common roll (open seat)
Province: N/A
Political Status: Assistant Minister to the Premier
Sinahemana Hekau is a Niuean lawyer and politician. In 2004 she was the winner of Miss South Pacific.[1] She is the daughter of former MP Makamau Hekau.[1]
Hekau trained as a lawyer at the University of the South Pacific.[2] She later completed a master of Laws at Victoria University of Wellington.[2] She worked as a lawyer for the Niuean government before entering private practice.[2]
She was first elected to the Niue Assembly in the 2023 Niuean general election, coming third on the common roll.[3] She was subsequently appointed Member Assisting the Minister to Premier Dalton Tagelagi.[4]