Vaine Iriano Wichman is a Cook Islands politician and development economist.

Catholic Faith Commitments Team leader (Finance)– Immaculate Heart of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Arorangi, 2010 - current Board Member – Nukutere College Board, 2020 – current

In 2012 Wichman was re-elected to a second term as President of the Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW).

[3][4] As a development economist Wichman has produced a number of reports for the Asian Development Bank including: She is also the author of From Words to Wheelbarrows: the Nukuroa Revolving Fund[7] and Fishing for Answers: Socio-economic Assessment of the Rarotonga Game and Small Scale Fishing Industry.

[8] Wichman was the Cook Islands In-Country Co-ordinator for the University of the South Pactific EU Climate Change programme from 2011 to 2017.