Te Ariki Terau Mana Strickland BEM (22 June 1918 – 8 December 1996[1]) was a Cook Island educator and politician.
When the Cook Islands Constitution entered into force on 4 August 1965, Strickland became the self-governing country's first Minister of Education.
Strickland resigned from CIP and the Cabinet in 1968 to protest what he viewed as mismanagement of the government by Henry.
Strickland joined the United Cook Islanders party and served in the parliamentary opposition after the 1968 election.
He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1989 and an honorary master's degree from the University of the South Pacific in 1995.