Enoka was born in Ruatonga on the island of Rarotonga and educated at Avarua School.
[1] He was active in the Cook Islands Boys Brigade as a band master, and as a boxer, and worked at the Government Printing office and as a storeowner.
[1] He stood for Parliament in the 1978 Cook Islands general election and was elected,[2] but the result was subsequently annulled after Prime Minister Albert Henry was found to have corruptly used public funds to fly in voters to influence the result.
[3] He stood again in the March 1983 Cook Islands general election, when he defeated Thomas Davis in the electorate of Te-au-o-Tonga.
[4] He lost his seat seven months later in the November 1983 Cook Islands general election.