Tekii Lazaro

Tekii Lazaro (28 May 1954 – 8 August 2020) was a Cook Islands politician and Member of the Cook Islands Parliament. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Lazaro was educated at Niua school and Aitutaki High school, and studied to be a meteorologist in Fiji and New Zealand. He served for 35 years in the Cook Islands Police as a Meteorological Officer. He stood in the seat of Pukapuka–Nassau in the 2010 election, and narrowly won the seat on the night. A subsequent election petition found him guilty of bribery, and declared his election void. Lazaro contested and won the subsequent by-election.

In 2012 the Taxi Association complained that Lazaro was picking up tourists in an unlicensed taxi van. He was told to get an appropriate licence.

He was re-elected in the 2014 election, and appointed Associate Minister of Finance. He retired at the 2018 election and did not contest the seat.