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  Encyclopedia: Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niue is located 2,400 kilometres north-east of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Main article: History of Niue Niues remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered.
Niue has been self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for foreign affairs and defence; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Niue   (3582 words)

  
 Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - Australasia and Oceania - Oceania - Niue
Niue is a small isolated island of the Pacific Ocean, 600 km east of Tonga, east of the International Date Line and north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Niue's very small capital is Alofi on the west coast of the island.
Niue's remoteness means that its economy suffers along with a lack of natural resources and a small population.
www.worldworx.tv /regional-information/australasia-oceania/oceania/niue   (466 words)

  
 Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niue is located 2 400 kilometres of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Niue is an island of a tropical located in the southern Pacific Ocean east of Tonga.
Niue has been self-governing in free association New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility foreign affairs and defence ; however these responsibilities confer no rights control and are only exercised at the of the Government of Niue.
www.freeglossary.com /Niue   (415 words)

  
 Niue biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niue is an island located in the South Pacific Ocean.
Niue is an island of a tropical climate located in the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga.
The terrain of Niue consists of steep limestone cliffs along the coast with a central plateau.
niue.biography.ms   (414 words)

  
 Planet Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Communications with Niue, an island of some 2,100 people just east of the international dateline, were cut hours earlier as tropical cyclone Heta bore down after causing widespread damage in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
Niue officials said preparations had been well underway, with the government of Premier Young Vivian making regular radio and television announcements to warn Niueans.
Communications were still cut with Samoa's second island of Savai'i, making it difficult to assess damage there.
www.planetark.org /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=23341   (364 words)

  
 Niue
The premier and ministers must be members of the Niue Assembly, the nation's legislative assembly.
Niue is an island located in the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga.
The geographic cordinates of Niue are 19°02′ S 169°52′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=19_02_S_169_52_W_).
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Niue   (633 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Cyclone Heta hits tiny Pacific island of Niue
Reports said Niue had been experiencing gale force winds all day and the centre of the cyclone could bring sustained winds of over 200 kilometres an hour with gusts of up to 280 kilometres an hour.
Niue's 1,300 residents were reported to have boarded up their houses in preparation to ride out the cyclone, while 12 of 20 New Zealand tourists on the atoll took shelter at their country's diplomatic mission.
Niue is self-governing, but its people are citizens of New Zealand, its former colonial ruler.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/3d46a0c3f143a79bc1256e130051985f   (618 words)

  
 Niue --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Niue lies 1,340 miles (2,156 km) northeast of Auckland and 240 miles (385 km) east of Vava'u, Tonga, in the south-central Pacific.
Niue is a roughly oval, raised coral island that is about 40 miles (64 km) in circumference.
The upper level, a central plateau 208 feet (63 m) high, slopes steeply down at its edges to the lower level, a coastal terrace about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) wide and 80–90 feet (25–27 m) high, which in turn slopes down to meet the sea in small...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055962   (743 words)

  
 Niue Country Guide - General Information - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
GEOGRAPHY: Niue is an isolated island located 480km (298 miles) east of Tonga, 560km (348 miles) southeast of Western Samoa, 980km (609 miles) west of Rarotonga and 2400km (1500 miles) northeast of New Zealand.
Affectionately known as ‘the rock’, Niue is reputedly the largest upraised coral atoll in the world.
It has 6178 acres (2500 hectares) of the most undisturbed forests in the world, designated tapu areas by the locals, where no humans were allowed to set foot for centuries.
www.worldtravelguide.net /data/niu/niu.asp   (364 words)

  
 APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: January 2004
Communications have now been restored with both Tafahi and Niuatoputapu as the satellite dish which was dismantled last night has been able to be reconstructed and a preliminary report has been delivered.
Niue: Sustained winds of 60 km/ hour with gusts up to 80 km/h are being reported as the eyewall continues to approach the island.
Niue: On its current predicted course, Niue is still in position to receive a direct hit from Heta possibly at Category 4-5 by tomorrow night, and this could result in severe to locally catastrophic damage throughout the island.
www.afap.org /apcedi/archive/2004_01_01_archive.html   (4713 words)

  
 nbn - Niue Business News,
Niue community leaders in Auckland said that this is unfair as the new network is supposed to have full representation from all the Pacific communities in Auckland.
Some Niue community leaders are calling for a protest and demand an explanation, but others tend to focus on a long term plan encouraging Niueans to wake up, get up and play some active role in political parties with an aim of having a Niuean MP in parliament.
Niue is now well known to the world media as a failing nation, caused by the failures of public policies, leading to an ongoing decline of the population.
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 Print Article: Heta wreaks havoc on Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
While main communications with Niue were still not up and running on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) managed to reach Ms Lee by satellite phone.
At least 12 of 20 New Zealanders on Niue had taken refuge at Ms Lee's residence in the capital Alofi.
General communications with the island of about 1500 residents was taken down on Tuesday to protect the satellite dish from the storm, cutting off reports on the extent of damage.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/01/07/1073268074299.html   (296 words)

  
 Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Niue is located 2,400 Kilometers north-east of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Early in 2004, Niue was hit by the fierce tropical storm Cyclone Heta which, while killing only one, did extensive damage to the entire island.
In practice, the constitution specifies that in every day practice, it is exercised by a Cabinet of the Premier of Niue and three other ministers.
www.knowallabout.com /n/ni/niue.html   (431 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Cyclone slams into Pacific island
Mr Vivian had left Niue to attend his wife's funeral, and he is now stranded in Auckland, unable to return home.
All normal communications with Niue have broken down, although the New Zealand foreign ministry managed to contact its high commissioner by satellite phone.
A tiny coral atoll, Niue would have had no protection against the force of Cyclone Heta, which had reached a strength of category five, the highest cyclone rating.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/3374511.stm   (353 words)

  
 IOL: Cyclone Heta hits tiny Pacific Island of Niue
"Niue's currently facing the full brunt of the strongest part of the cyclone," Alipate Waqaicelua, an officer at the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji, told Australia's AAP news agency.
The extent of the damage was not known as communications to Niue were cut early in the day.
Niue's residents were reported to have boarded up their houses in preparation to ride out the cyclone.
www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=2024&art_id=qw107337474272B252&set_id=1   (573 words)

  
 Communications Of Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
If you would like to use this flag of Niue or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Niue or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Niue or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/niue_country_communications.shtml   (189 words)

  
 Niue's WiFi Internet Survived Cyclone's Devastation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
All electricity and communications links were cut and fuel storage tanks were destroyed, leaving Niueans with no communication capabilities with the rest of the world until last weekend.
"We knew it was critical that Niue's communications infrastructure be rebuilt as quickly as possible.
We are proud of the efforts of the team in Niue who have been working since the storm hit to restore Niue's Internet link," said J. William Semich, founder and CEO of.NU Domain.
www.80211bnews.com /publications/page207-698124.asp   (534 words)

  
 Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Niue starts returning to normal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Relief operations for the cyclone devastated Pacific island of Niue are underway.
The New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry says telephone communications with Niue have been sporadic after the island's satellite dish was damaged.
Niue baby found next to dead mother after Cyclone Heta flown to NZ
www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_1022355.htm   (297 words)

  
 Niue Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Independence in the form of self-government was granted by the New Zealand parliament in the 1974 constitution.
There are three geographically outlying coral reefs within the territorial waters, that do not have any land area:
The island has a tropical climate, with most rainfall occurring between November and April.
popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/Niue   (1082 words)

  
 Cyclone delivers direct hit on tiny island - www.theage.com.au
A tropical cyclone with winds of almost 300 km/h slammed into the tiny South Pacific island of Niue on Monday after causing millions of dollars damage as it sideswiped nearby Samoa.
Communications with Niue, an island of some 2100 people just east of the international dateline, were cut as tropical cyclone Heta bore down after causing widespread damage on Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
Niue officials said preparations had been well under way, with regular warnings on radio and television.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/06/1073268039611.html   (171 words)

  
 Communications in Niue -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Communications in Niue -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
From June 23 until October 13, 2003, Niue was the first country in the world to offer free nation-wide (A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol) WiFi Internet access, using the funds provided by the domain registrations.
It also operates a (A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver) cellular telephone service on the (Click link for more info and facts about AMPS) AMPS platform.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/communications_in_niue.htm   (217 words)

  
 Niue
Flag description: yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars—a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, with the shortfall made up by grants from New Zealand; the grants are used to pay wages to public employees.
Niue cut government expenditures in 1994-96 by reducing the public service by almost half.
www.cultureconnect.com /facts/ne.htm   (747 words)

  
 ABC Asia Pacific - News - Niue braces for Cyclone Heta, as Samoa assesses damage
Residents of the Pacific island of Niue are bracing for tropical cyclone Heta.
Communications with Niue have been disrupted after satellite links were stowed because of the cyclone.
Flights to and from Samoa, Tonga and Niue have been severely disrupted by the cyclone.
abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1021198.htm   (280 words)

  
 Niue, Map and Flag
The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to about 2,100 in 2002), with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest.
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees.
The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand.
www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Niue.html   (863 words)

  
 Niue Information
The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to about 2,100 in 2004), with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest.
Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half.
The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export.
www.country-info.com /facts/Niue.htm   (822 words)

  
 Niue Telephone system - Communications
coaxial cable - a multichannel communication cable consisting of a central conducting wire, surrounded by and insulated from a cylindrical conducting shell; a large number of telephone channels can be made available within the insulated space by the use of a large number of carrier frequencies.
fiber-optic cable - a multichannel communications cable using a thread of optical glass fibers as a transmission medium in which the signal (voice, video, etc.) is in the form of a coded pulse of light.
landline - communication wire or cable of any sort that is installed on poles or buried in the ground.
www.indexmundi.com /niue/telephone_system.html   (540 words)

  
 APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI Alert 07P, Super Cyclone Heta #10, 2004
This was originally a communications network that was activated during a disaster to disseminate information to our FSP Pacific offices.
Communications with Niue have been cut and power went down a few hours ago.
However the forward speed of the storm is now over 30 km/h, so the storm will move out of the area fairly rapidly.
www.afap.org /apcedi/2004/01/apcedi-alert-07p-super-cyclone-heta-10.html   (368 words)

  
 Communications Office - NWS Focus - May 9, 2005
Niue is still recovering from property damage and losses sustained from Cyclone Heta in January 2004.
Communications on Niue were difficult after its telecommunications satellite dish was destroyed by Heta.
It was designed to help ensure members of the fastest growing segment of the Nation's population not only graduate high school at the same rate as their peers — but go on to complete a college education.
www.nws.noaa.gov /com/nwsfocus/fs20050509.htm   (868 words)

  
 .NU - Niue - Register Domain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry, although former Premier LAKATANI announced in February 2002 that Niue will shut down the offshore banking industry.
Niue suffered a devastating hurricane in January 2004, which decimated nascent economic programs.
While in the process of rebuilding, Niue has been dependent on foreign aid.
mysqlhosting.us /register-domains/register-NU-Niue.html   (858 words)

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