[4] In June 2017 she was elected as the Tahoera'a's leader in the Assembly, following the resignation of Marcel Tuihani.
[5][6] She was re-elected in the 2018 election, and was the Tahoera'a's candidate for President of the Assembly, losing to Gaston Tong Sang.
[7] In June 2020 she was elected mayor of Arue, defeating Philip Schyle.
[8] The election was overturned in November 2021 due to illegal proxy voting, but she was re-elected in January 2022.
[9] In March 2022 the resignation of two MPs from the party resulted in the Tahoera'a no longer being recognised in the Assembly and Iriti became an unaligned MP.