Motufoou was the General Secretary for the Mutalau Village Council and Committee Member of the Niue Island Organic Farming Association (NIOFA) before entering politics.
He was re-elected at the 2002 election and appointed Minister of Works, Agriculture and Fisheries in the government of Young Vivian.
[1] In 2004 he was the Niuean delegate at the senior officers meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
[3] He was re-elected unopposed at the 2008 election, but not appointed to Toke Talagi's cabinet.
He finally lost his seat on a coin toss to Maureen Melekitama at the 2017 election.