a judge for the country. She is credited with the reintroduction of the raui system to the Cook Islands, a traditional system forbidding access to or use of a resource, such as to a fishing lagoon or shellfish, for a certain period of time. The system is traditionally used to preserve scarce food resources and also encourages the protection of the environment. In April 2011, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tom Marsters announced Reid's appointment as High Commissioner of the Cook Islands to New Zealand, based in Wellington. She was to take office in July 2011, succeeding Mike Mitchell. Dorice Reid collapsed while attending a tourism conference in Auckland, and died at Auckland Hospital at 1 AM on 16 June 2011, aged 67. A resident of Kauare, Rarotonga, she was survived by two nieces and a nephew. References External links Cook Islands News: Te Tika memorial Date of birth missing 1943 births 2011 deaths Cook Island businesspeople Cook Island judges Cook Island women in politics People from Rarotonga People from Auckland 20th-century New Zealand women politicians 20th-century New Zealand politicians 21st-century New Zealand women politicians 21st-century New Zealand politicians 20th-century judges 21st-century judges 20th-century women judges 21st-century women judges