Ngereteina Puna OBE (born 1938) is a former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament and Cabinet Minister.
[2] After retiring from politics at the 1999 election he was appointed Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, a position he held from 1999 until 2001.
[2][3] He went on to serve as Minister of Education in the Cook Islands Party government of Geoffrey Henry from 2011 to 2012.
[4] In the 1995 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community.
[6] Puna's father, Tuakeu Manuela, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his older brother William Estall also served as a Cabinet Minister.