[1] He was president of the Chamber of Agriculture until 1957, when his membership of the pro-independence Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People caused him to lose the position.
[1][2] He opposed a "no" (pro-independence) vote in the 1958 French Polynesian constitutional referendum.
[1] As president of the Assembly, Tauraa opposed the use of French Polynesia as a nuclear test site.
[7] Following the dissolution of the RDPT by the colonial authorities, Tauraa joined Teariki's Here Ai'a.
[1] In 1967 he founded a new party, the Regrouping of the Tahitian People, to contest the 1967 election, but failed to secure re-election.