Niue, (formerly "Savage Island") an island in the south Pacific Ocean
Niue | Niuē | Niue Night Heron |
Papua New Guinea won the cup, retaining their title from 2009, by winning the round-robin tournament over Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Niue.
Avatele has also produced its fair share of prominent Niueans past and present, including Niue's late inaugural Premier Sir Robert Rex, his late brother and long-serving Senior Advisor to Government Leslie Rex OBE, the late Rev. Ikiua Lupo first President of the Ekalesia Kerisiano Niue, the late Takelesi Lagaluga first Niuean Head of a Government Deapartment & his son Hon.
The Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, Fulago, Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, Moce, Niuē, Ofu, Olosega, Sāmoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, Varoa, Vavaʻu, and Voleva.
The Cook Islands are the only one of the three dependent territories of New Zealand to compete at the Olympic Games, Niue and Tokelau having not yet done so to date.
Wodzicki’s other research activities included studies on Australasian Gannets at Cape Kidnappers, Rooks and the birdlife of the Waikanae estuary, as well as investigating problems with introduced rodents on Tokelau and Niue.
The road towards self-government for Niue started with the UN Decolonisation Committee putting pressure on New Zealand for Niue to decide what form of status Niue wanted.
While they use the New Zealand dollar, the government also issues legal tender coins using the Niue Dollar for collector's purposes.
Air Nauru once had a remarkably comprehensive network in the Asia-Pacific, with service to Hong Kong, Kagoshima, Taipei, Okinawa, Singapore, Guam, Saipan, Koror, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Majuro, Tarawa, Honolulu, Honiara, Port Vila, Noumea, Apia, Pago Pago, Nadi, Tonga, Kanton Island, Niue, Raratonga, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Christmas Island.
Born in the village of Hakupu and educated at the Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand from which he graduated with Diploma in Public Administration, Chapman was leading architect of the modern Niue and in the formulation of the Niue Constitution, creating a pathway for Niu to become self-governing on 19 October 1974.