[1] On returning to the Cook Islands, he worked in Rarotonga, Mangaia, and Atiu, eventually rising to be director of public health.
[2] In 1966, he received training from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Otago in New Zealand and graduated with a Diploma of Public Health.
"[7] The defeat of the Democratic Party in the election of 1989 ended Robati's tenure as Prime Minister.
[citation needed] He was the chair of the Cook Islands' federation of amateur boxing for more than 30 years.
In 2001, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.