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What about the Vatican? Isn't it self-governing? The Vatican has about 800 inhabitants (see List of countries by population) --zeno 07:53 Feb 6, 2003 (UTC)

Niue doesn't have UN membership, it doesn't have diplomatic relations with most of the world, they don't have their own currency or military... I think it is officially considered a territory of New Zealand rather than an independent state by much of the world. I think of it as an independent state, but it's certainly arguable. Perhaps the line about it not being considered its own nation should be re-added with a caveat. --Chowbok The status of Niue is officially known as "self government state in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands is also on the same status.sioneholof

I agree that it should probably be further elaborated, but I'm not shure that the point about military and currency is really relevant. Iceland has no military, and Ecuador uses the American dollar. The most relevant point that I see is its tight connection to New Zealand and not being part of the UN, the first point is mentioned further down in the text and so should perhaps the second, so the new sentence needn't be long. --Dittaeva 10:47, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think it's relevant, although I agree with the rest of what you said. Niue is an odd case. It represents itself in international sports that are usually only represented by nations (rather than territories on their own), and does have some standing on its own. Ambivalenthysteria 04:57, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I just corrected the entry on Premier on the point of Niue being a territory or not. There is no doubt that it is dependent on NZ, but any more than the Cook Islands which are also in Free Association? NZ doesn't call it a territory - statements by their ministers I've read suggest they regard it as a nation that is dependent on them. Look to see what was said after the cyclone on Niue. I've never heard a representative of any south pacific nation, Australia or NZ call Niue anything except a soverign nation. Plenty of nations today have limited means and questionable true independence - see Nauru, or the Cook Islands. Robertbrockway 21:40, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I just noted that Niue no longer is listed in the list of countries by population density page. That might or might not mean that CIA no longer recognizes Niue as a country... Just to fuel the discussion. ;-) himasaram 20:11 11 May 2005 (CET)

I just checked and the CIA still lists Niue as an independent country. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ne.html Robertbrockway 18:34, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

 Use of .nu top-level domain ==

It might be worth adding that .nu is one of the ccTLDs, like .tv, that is used by Western businesses to create distinctive domain names. "Nu" means "now" in several Scandinavian languages. Imagine if you could register "buy.this.product.now" as a valid domain name!

There was a feauture story in today's (29 March 2005) print version of the Wall Street Journal about this very issue. A very long, detailed and interesting article. Niue is now purportedly the only country in the world whose citizens all have free wireless Internet access

Except hardly any of them have computers...

Further Down the Track: Free wireless is only limited to a few hotspots in Niue and not to the whole country. This "Free" status tends to preclude any consumer leverage normally enjoyed in a commercial relationship although technical support is reasonable efficient. There are many who own computers in Niue and I would hazard a guess that it is among the highest computer ownership per capita in the world. Indeed this situation is increasing creating concern that the internet service will deteriorate because the cost of bandwith (free to IUSN to a limit at present) will out-strip .nu domain name sales which are required for the free maintenance of the service on Niue. Mark Cross, 2nd August 2006. 7.30am Niue Time

Contents 1 Alofi 2 Demographics of Niue 3 =Niue and radioactivity 3.1 History 3.2 Commonwealth

[edit] Alofi

Alofi is also the name of an uninhabitated island near (east FUTUNA), a good example of the manner that polynesian travellers had to give to places names of already known places they knew (by going there or legend)... if Haymet rocks would exist at the position you give they would be right south of Rarotonga, very far east of Niue, maybe somebody can give a better position where these rocks were seen (?)

[edit] Demographics of Niue

I suggest that we merge Demographics of Niue into this article as that page has almost no content. MyNameIsNotBob 11:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No objections here. Ambi 23:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

The website http://www.niuestats.com also have information on the demographics of Niue - sioneholof

[edit] =Niue and radioactivity

Not sure what has happened here. I put in some of the NZ past research on this, but I think it has been deleted. I suggest it is so unique that it is worth a mention. this was not a spoof - I am responsible for at least 3 of the papers on the subject during my career at DSIR. I can give the references if necessary. For the moment I'll hold off, but I would like some response from other members in this forum.

  Dr Neil Whitehead
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[edit] History

Since Cook was rebuffed, there obviously were people on the island before that interaction. Can't some-one add some pre-European history? Kdammers 04:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commonwealth

Is Niue not part of the Comonwealth- with or without New Zealand? (if so and as part of NZ it should be listed on the Commonwealth Countries page)