Career
Piakura represented the Cook Islands in the high jump, setting his personal best of 1.83m in Tereora in 1998. This is the Cook Islands record in high jump. Piakura played in the domestic Cook Islands rugby league competition in 2001.
Piakura played for the Eastern Tornadoes in the 2004 Bartercard Cup.
Representative career
Piakura made his début for the Cook Islands at the Pacific Challenge. He later played at the 1997 World Nines tournament.
He later represented the Cook Islands in test series against New Zealand Māori in 2003.