Taio was elected to the
Cook Islands Parliament for the electorate of
Akaoa at the
1999 election. He served in the cabinet of
Robert Woonton, and was responsible for the Finance portfolio following the resignation of
Deputy Prime Minister Terepai Maoate from the Cabinet in 2003. He lost his seat at the
2004 election, and did not contest it in
2006 for family reasons. Taio was managing director of
Taio Shipping. He was appointed a director of the
Cook Islands Investment Corporation in 2003. He was partly of
Norwegian descent. In September 2010, he resigned from the Cook Islands Investment Corporation board in order to stand for election. He ran for the seat of Akaoa in the
2010 elections, but was unsuccessful. Taio died on 3 June 2024, at the age of 79. ==References==