Tingika Elikana (born 5 November 1961)[1] is a Cook Islands civil servant, politician and Cabinet Minister.
After his election, the government charted a special flight at a cost of $32,000 to collect him from the outer islands.
[6] The flight was later the subject of a private prosecution launched against Prime Minister Henry Puna by former MP Norman George.
[7] As an MP, Elikana chaired the select committee which decided that homosexuality should remain a criminal offence in the Cook Islands.
[8] In February 2020 he was accused of orchestrating the sacking of six public servants who belonged to the opposition Democratic Party.