Niue
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- 20 Apr 1900 - 11
Jun 1901
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- 11 Jun 1901 - 15
Oct 1974
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- Adopted 15 Oct
1974
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Map
of Niue |
Hear
National Anthem
"God
Defend New Zealand" |
Hear
Local Anthem
"Ko e Iki he Lagi"
(The Lord in Heaven)
Adopted 1974 |
Constitution
(19
Oct 1974) |
Capital:
Alofi
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Currencies:
New Zealand
Dollar (NZD); Niue
Dollar
(from 1967)
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National
Holiday:
19 Oct (1974)
Constitution Day
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Population:
1,618 (2022)
4,576 (1902)
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GDP: $21.3
million (2021)
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Exports:
$5.68 million (2021)
Imports: $43.8
million (2021)
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Ethnic groups:
Niuean 65.4%, part-Niuean 14%, non-
Niuean 20.6% (includes 12% European
and Asian and 8%
other Pacific Islanders) (2017)
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Total Police
Force: 16 (2012)
Defense is the
Responsibility of New Zealand
Merchant marine:
70 ships (2023)
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Religions:
Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian
Church
of Niue - a Protestant church founded by
missionaries from the London Missionary
Society) 61.7%, Church of Jesus Christ
8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Jehovah's
Witness 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist
1.4%, other 8.2%, none 8.9% (2017)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
ADB, AOSIS, APM, BTWC, C (associate),
CCM, CTBT, CWC, FAO, IFAD, ISA,
OPCW, PC, PIF, UNCLOS, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UPU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO |
Niue
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Chronology
1... - Feb
1917
Niue-Fekai chiefdom
21 Jun
1774
Visited by British
Commander James Cook aboard
HMS
Resolution and
named Savage Island.
1849
Christianity introduced.
21 Apr
1900
British protectorate declared after
repeated
requests.
20 Oct
1900
Niue ceded to and annexed by U.K.
20 Oct 1900 - 11 Jun
1901 Part of the British
Western Pacific Territories.
11 Jun
1901
Niue
and Cook Islands made part
of New
Zealand;
Niue part of the Cook
Islands.
23 Nov
1903
Niue administration separated
from the Cook Islands
(Niué).
1 Apr
1916
Administration of Niue defined and
Minister for
the Cook Islands
made responsible.
9 Dec
1932
Responsibility for
Niue transferred to Minister of
External Affairs.
25 Oct 1963
Executive Committee
and Niue Island Assembly
re-defined; delegation of Resident
Commissioners'
functions to Executive
Committee authorized
(fully delegated from 1 Nov
1968).
1 Jan
1967
Administration of Niue fully separated
from the Cook
Islands (by Niue
Act of 7 Oct 1966).
31 Oct
1968
Responsibility for
Niue transferred to Maori and
Island Affairs
Department.
19 Oct
1974
Niue self-governing (territory
in free association
with New Zealand) (Niue).
8 Nov
1974
Responsibility for Niue affairs
transferred from
Minister of Island Affairs to
Minister Foreign
Affairs.
28 Apr 2020
Niue
Mona Mahu Marine Protected Area
established.
13 Apr 2022
Niue
Nukutuluea Multiple-use Marine Park
created to
safeguard 100% of its Exclusive
Economic Zone.
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Paramount chiefs (title Patuiki ha
Niuē)
1... - 1...
Tepunua
Mutalau
1... -
1...
Leivalu
1... -
1...
Hetalagi (pretender)
1... -
1...
Fakahinaiki (pretender)
1... -
1...
Punimata
1... -
17..
Vacant
17.. -
17..
Ihuga
17.. -
17..
Patuavalu
17.. -
17..
Galiaga
17.. -
17..
Fokimata
179. -
179.
Pakieto
(b. 17.. - d. 179.)
179. - 2 Mar 1876 Interregnum
2 Mar 1876 - 13 Jul 1887 Mataio
Tuitoga
(b. 18.. - d.
1887)
13 Jul 1887 - 21 Nov 1888 Vacant
21 Nov 1888 - 15 Dec 1896
Fataaiki
(b. 1830? - d.
1896)
15 Dec 1896 - 30 Jun 1898 Vacant
30 Jun 1898 - Feb 1917 Togia
Puletoaki
(b. 182. - d. 1917)
New Zealand Government Resident Agents, Niue
10 Sep 1901 -
1902 Stephenson
Percy Smith
(b. 1840 - d. 1922)
1902 - Feb 1904
Christopher Freke Maxwell
(b. 1858 - d. 1924)
Resident Commissioners, Niue
Feb 1904 - Aug
1907 Christopher
Freke Maxwell
(s.a.)
Jan 1907 - Mar 1907
Henry Greyshott
Cornwall
(b. 1866? - d. 1940)
(acting for Maxwell)
Aug 1907 - 31 Mar 1916 Henry
Greyshott Cornwall
(s.a.)
Resident Commissioners of Niue
1 Apr 1916 - 1917
Henry
Greyshott Cornwall
(s.a.)
1917 - Apr 1918
John Crouchley Murray Evison
(b. 1874 - d. 1947)
(1st time) (acting)
Apr 1918 - 28 Jan 1921 Guy Norman
Morris (1st time)
(b. 1886 - d. 1949)
28 Jan 1921 - Nov 1922
John Crouchley Murray Evison
(s.a.)
(2nd
time)
Nov 1922 - May 1925
Guy Norman Morris
(2nd time) (s.a.)
May 1926 - 27 Jun 1931 Albert
Arthur Luckham
(b. 1883 - d. 1957)
27 Jun 1931 - Jan 1942 William
Moody Bell
(b. 1879 - d. 1954)
Jan 1942 - 28 Dec 1943 Joseph
Patrick McMahon-Box
(b. 1891 - d. 1944)
(acting to Apr 1942)
28 Dec 1943 - 16 Aug 1953 Cecil
Hector Watson Larsen
(b. 1908 - d. 1953)
(acting to 14 Apr 1944)
Aug 1953 - Dec 1953 ....
(acting)
Dec 1953 - Aug
1956 Jock
Malcolm McEwen
(b. 1915 - d. 2010)
Aug 1956 - Dec 1958
Albert Oliver
Dare
(b. 1917 - d. 1982)
Jan 1959 - Dec 1961 David
Walter Reginald Heatley (b.
1905 - d. 1997)
Jan 1962 - Jun
1968 Lyle
Allen Shanks
(b. 1924 - d. 2009)
1968 -
1973
Selwyn Digby Wilson
(b. 1933 - d.
2017)
1973 - 18 Oct
1974
Clifford Andrew
Roberts
(b. 1921 - d. 1996)
Queen/King¹
19 Oct 1974 -
the Queen/King of the New
Zealand
Governors-general
(representing the British monarch as
head of state)
19 Oct 1974
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the Governors-general of New Zealand
Leader of Government Business
1 Jan 1967 - 3 Mar 1972
Robert Richmond Rex
(b. 1909 - d. 1992) Non-party
Leader of
Government
4 Mar 1972 - 18 Oct 1974 Robert
Richmond Rex
(s.a.)
Non-party
Premiers
19 Oct 1974 - 12 Dec 1992 Robert
Richmond Rex
(s.a.) Non-party;1987 NPAP
(from 31 Dec 1983, Sir Robert Richmond Rex)
12 Dec 1992 - 12 Mar 1993 Mititaiagimene Young
Vivian
(b.
1935)
NPAP
(1st time)(acting to Dec 1992)
12 Mar 1993 - 26 Mar 1999 Frank
Fakaotimanava Lui
(b. 1935 - d. 2021) Non-party
26 Mar 1999 - 1 May 2002 Sani Elia
Lagigietama Lakatani (b.
1936)
NPP
1 May 2002 - 18 Jun 2008 Mititaiagimene
Young Vivian
(s.a.)
NPP;2003 Non-party
(2nd time)
18 Jun 2008 - 10 Jun 2020 Toke
Tufukia Talagi
(b. 1951 - d. 2020) Non-party
(from 31 Dec 2016, Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi)
10 Jun 2020 - 3 Sep 2024 Dalton
Tagelagi
(b.
1968)
Non-party
Prime minister
3 Sep 2024
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Dalton
Tagelagi
(s.a.)
Non-party
New Zealand Representatives in Niue
1 Nov 1974 - 1977
William Joseph
Ashwell
(b. 1930 - d. 1995)
2 Apr 1977 - 1979
Ian Kerr McGregor
31 Aug 1979 - 1982
Terry Baker
31 Mar 1982 - 1984 Malcolm
McNamara
22 Sep 1984 - 1986 John
Roland Springford
(b. 1925 - d. 2007)
5 Dec 1986 - 1991
Mel Taylor
17 Mar 1991 - 1994 Kurt
Meyer
16 May 1994 - 16 Oct
1994 Warren Searell
High Commissioners for New Zealand in
Niue
16 Oct 1994 - 1997
Warren Searell
27 May 1997 - May 2000 Mike Pointer
May 2000 - Feb 2003 John
Bryan (1st time)
14 Feb 2003 - 26 Sep 2005 Sandra
Rose Te
Hakamatua
(b. 1952)
Lee-Vercoe (f)
3 Oct 2005 - Feb 2006 Kurt Meyer
(2nd time)(acting)
Feb 2006 - Jan 2008 Anton
Ojala
(b. 1968)
15 Jan 2008 - 2010
Brian
Smythe
2010 - Sep 2010
John Bryan (2nd time)(acting)
Sep 2010 - Oct 2010 Tauaasa
Taafaki (acting)
Oct 2010 - Feb 2014
Mark H.
Blumsky
(b. 1957)
Feb 2014 - 2 May 2018 Ross Ardern
(b. 1954)
May 2018 - 30 Jun 2020 Kirkland "Kirk"
Ronald Yates
30 Jun 2020 - 27 Jul 2020 Nigel Ewels (acting)
27 Jul 2020 - 15 Dec 2023 Helen Tunnah (f)
15 Dec 2023 - 5 Mar 2024 Tara D'Sousa (f)
(acting)
5 Mar 2024
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Mark Gibb
¹The style of the ruler:
(a) 19 Oct 1974
- 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand
and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the
Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) from 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, King of New
Zealand and His other Realms and Territories, Head of
the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."
Territorial
Disputes: None identified.
Party abbreviations: No Political Parties
Exist;
- Former parties:
NPAP = Niue People's
Action Party (1987-1995, renamed NPP); NPP
= Niue People's Party (former NPAP,
1995 - Jul 2003)
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