All Niueans are New Zealand citizens and Queen Elizabeth II is Niue's head of state in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand.

Most diplomatic relations are conducted by New Zealand on Niue's behalf.

The majority selected self-government and Niue's written constitution was promulgated as supreme law.

As a number of local residents chose afterwards not to rebuild, New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff speculated that Niue's status as a self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand might come into question if too many residents departed the island to maintain basic services.

Niue's climate is tropical, modified by south-east trade winds.

Alternatively, where ADSL is available, users can have connections through Telecom Niue's Internet Services located at Alofi through their island wide distributed wireline.

Its granting by the New Zealand Parliament in 1974 is celebrated yearly as Niue's independence on " Constitution Day " on 19 October.

He has also been Niue's Minister of Health and Minister of Tourism.

Having served 18 years in office, he is Niue's longest serving Premier and most probably the Pacific's longest serving head of a Government.

According to the Niue's Constitution of 1974, the Governor-General of New Zealand acts as the Queen's representative.

Eleazar, pausing on the Hanover plain, found its great forests and remoteness good and with his own hands built the first College Hall, a log hut dedicated `` for the education & instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing & all parts of learning which shall appear necessary and expedient for civilizing & christianizing Children of Pagans as well as in all liberal Arts and Sciences ; ;

Achduart has accommodation facilities for tourists, who come for its proximity to the ocean as well as its seclusion and remoteness.

He chose Detrick Field for the site of this exhaustive research effort because of its balance between remoteness of location and proximity to Washington, DC — as well as to Edgewood Arsenal, the focal point of U. S. chemical warfare research.

Moreover, Hardy deliberately pointed out in his Apology that mathematicians generally do not " glory in the uselessness of their work ," but rather – because science can be used for evil as well as good ends – " mathematicians may be justified in rejoicing that there is one science at any rate, and that their own, whose very remoteness from ordinary human activities should keep it gentle and clean.

Due to remoteness from the rest of Maine and a perceived lack of connection with Maine government, as well as a strong connection with neighboring Canada, politicians of Aroostook County, Maine, have proposed making Aroostook part of New Brunswick or spinning off the county as its own state, probably named Aroostook, since the 1990s.

The park is well known for its pristine wilderness and remoteness.

Islandia's remoteness and aura of mystery, as well as its preservation of an arcadian society, are explained by means of a law which allows only limited contact with foreigners.

The cost of a well depends mainly on the daily rate of the drilling rig, the extra services required to drill the well, the duration of the well program ( including downtime and weather time ), and the remoteness of the location ( logistic supply costs ).

Since the extreme remoteness of Skellig Michael has until recently discouraged visitors, the site is exceptionally well preserved.

Maintaining a good quality of life for MFO members in the Sinai is difficult, due to the remoteness and desolation of the region as well as more recent security concerns.

The lake's popularity derives from its remoteness, climate and beauty, as well as its notoriety as the location of the murder of Grace Brown in 1906.

The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space ( LAPAN ) has proposed the island for use as a spaceport, citing its " low population and remoteness " as decisive criteria, as well as its closeness to the equator.

This, combined with cultural liberalization and the increasing remoteness of the possibility of retaking mainland China, led to a cultural and political movement which emphasized a Taiwan-centered view of history and culture rather than one which was China-centered or even, as before 1946, Japan-centered.

The term co-belligerence indicates remoteness between the co-belligerent parties, cultural, religious, ideological or otherwise, whereas alliance indicates a corresponding closeness.

The spirituality and sacredness of the island, its relative remoteness, and its legendary claim to be the burial site of King Arthur, have given it a special place in the cultural life of Wales, attracting artists, writers and musicians to its shores.

This separate writing tradition, the remoteness of Nunatsiavut from other Inuit communities, and its unique history of cultural contacts have made it into a distinct dialect with a separate literary tradition.

Bedau writes, " There is a whole class of acts, undertaken in the name of civil disobedience, which, even if they were widely practiced, would in themselves constitute hardly more than a nuisance ( e. g. trespassing at a nuclear-missile installation )... Such acts are often just a harassment and, at least to the bystander, somewhat inane ... The remoteness of the connection between the disobedient act and the objectionable law lays such acts open to the charge of ineffectiveness and absurdity.

* — MathPages notes a similarity between the Y10K problem and both Pascal's wager and the St. Petersburg paradox, stating that the cost of fixing the various Y10K, Y100K, and successive problems is increased in direct proportion to the remoteness of the date, and that therefore each problem should in fact be given equal weight.

Relevance is argued to depend upon the " remoteness relationship " between an actual world in which relevance is being evaluated and the set of possible worlds within which it is true.

Among Native American languages there is a split between complete absence of past marking ( especially common in Mesoamerica and the Pacific Northwest ) and very complex tense marking with numerous specialised remoteness distinctions, as found for instance in Athabaskan languages and a few languages of the Amazon Basin.

The remoteness of Pitcairn ( which lies about halfway between New Zealand and Peru ) had shielded the tiny population ( 47 in 2004 ) from outside scrutiny.

Little is known about Cleveland's early eruptive history as its remoteness makes it a difficult area to investigate, and discrepancies in names have caused confusion between events there and those on nearby Carlisle.

Landlocked Chad's economic development suffers from its geographic remoteness, drought, lack of infrastructure, and political turmoil.

Due to the remoteness from human habitation and its arid environment, the site has remained largely untouched by humans or nature during the past two millennia.

Owing to its remoteness, the Pole is sometimes identified with a mysterious mountain of ancient Islamic tradition called Mount Qaf ( Jabal Qaf ), the " farthest point of the earth ".

An obvious problem with the use of the Danube for inland transportation is its remoteness from most of the major industrial centers.

Bentham says that the value of a pleasure or pain, considered by itself, can be measured according to its intensity, duration, certainty / uncertainty and propinquity / remoteness.

However, Epirus had a far greater religious significance than might have been expected given its geographical remoteness, due to the presence of the shrine and oracle at Dodona – regarded as second only to the more famous oracle at Delphi.

The population of the island swells substantially during the main holiday seasons, though it is still not a major tourist destination due to its relative remoteness.

* Pole of inaccessibility, a location that is the most challenging to reach owing to its remoteness from geographical features which could provide access

The economy of Tuvalu is constrained by its remoteness and lack of economies of scale.

Hellfire Pass in the Tenasserim Hills was a particularly difficult section of the line to build due to it being the largest rock cutting on the railway, coupled with its general remoteness and the lack of proper construction tools during building.

Owing to its geographical remoteness, local authorities in what is today Argentina developed an early sense of autonomy.

Most of the park is accessible for hikers, but due to its remoteness and rugged terrain only experienced bushwalkers should undertake extensive hikes.

Due in part to the remoteness of the area, Ash Flat became the center of trade for nearby farmers soon after its formation.

With its flat plateau, surrounding hills, numerous canyons, and relative remoteness from populated areas, the Army was convinced it had found the ideal training location.

Besides its size, remoteness from heavily populated areas, and having a moderate climate that afforded year-round operations, most importantly, Cooke's coastal location allowed missiles to be launched into the Pacific Ocean without population overflights.

Early pioneers were attracted to its remoteness and abundance of fish and game.

In the mid-1950s, the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) noted Laughlin's remoteness that allowed for secret operations, and opened its strategic reconnaissance program there with the RB-57, a bomber modified for high-altitude reconnaissance.

The culture of Chile is one of a relatively homogeneous society where historically its geographical isolation and remoteness has played a key role.