Order! Order! Cook Islanders remind us that Luveni is NOT the first Woman in the South Pacific to become Speaker of Parliament - Cook Islanders were the FIRST!

“Firstly, allow me to congratulate you, Madam Speaker, on your election as Speaker of this Parliament. To become the first woman Speaker of a Parliament in Fiji, or in any other Pacific Island Country, is a singular achievement and an inspiration to women everywhere." President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

Cook Islands Speaker Niki Rattle - she was appointed Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament in June 2012:

And before Rattle:

Marguerite Nora Eikura Kitimira Story

She was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands from 1965 to 1979. She was the first woman elected to the Cook Islands Parliament and was also the first woman in the Commonwealth to become speaker of a national parliament.