The Niue Constitution Act vests executive authority in Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New Zealand and the Governor-General of New Zealand.

The Constitution specifies that in everyday practice sovereignty is exercised by the Niue Cabinet of Ministers, comprising the premier and three other ministers.

* Constitution Day in Niue – October 19

The Schedules of the Niue Constitution Act 1974 form the Niue constitution.

The Niue Constitution Act 1974 is the supreme law of Niue ; any other Niue law that is inconsistent with the Niue Constitution Act 1974 will be deemed to be invalid.

The Niue Constitution is the legal doctrine that put the wishes of the Niue people for self-government into practice.

The Niue Constitution requires 2 / 3 majority in the three readings in the Legislative Assembly and also requires 2 / 3 support from the electors before it can be amended.

The Niue Constitution Act 1974 is available at the legislation. govt. nz site.

Niue Constitution Act 1974

* Niue Constitution Act 1974 at the University of the South Pacific Law School web site in Vanuatu

fr: Constitution de Niue

* Niue Constitution Act

From the Niue Flag Act 1975: " The Niue National Flag shall be a golden yellow flag, bearing on the upper canton of the hoist thereof the Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, displaying 2 five-pointed yellow stars on the vertical line and on the horizontal line thereof separated by a blue disc containing a larger five-pointed yellow star.

* Niue Flag Act 1975

If a person is not a New Zealand citizen by birth, but is subsequently adopted in New Zealand by an adoption order under the terms of the Adoption Act 1955 on or after 1 January 2006 by a person entitled to reside indefinitely in New Zealand ( i. e. a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, an Australian citizen or permanent resident ), the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau ), the person becomes a New Zealand citizen.

Whilst the Citizenship Act 1977 defines ' New Zealand ' as New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency and Tokelau, the Citizenship ( Western Samoa ) Act 1982 defines ' New Zealand ' to mean New Zealand only.

Self-government was granted by the New Zealand parliament with the 1974 constitution, following a referendum in Niue in 1974 whereby Niueans were given three options: independence, self-government or continuation as a New Zealand territory.

Niue gained its autonomy in 1974 in free association with New Zealand, which handles the island's military and foreign affairs.

* 1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.

The people of Niue voted in 1974 choosing the self-government option as the best direction for Niue.

Category: 1974 in Niue

Sir Robert Richmond Rex, KBE, CMG, ( 25 January 190912 December 1992 ) was Premier of the Pacific island state of Niue from its establishment as a self-governing territory 19 October 1974 until his death in 1992.

* Niue ( from New Zealand ) in 1974

* Niue ( NZ )

* Niue ( NZ )

The first international match was played against Niue at the 1986 Pacific Cup which was hosted in Rarotonga and also included teams from: Samoa, Tonga, NZ Maori, Tokelau,.

As such, the sovereignty of the Cook Islands and Niue is passed on not by the Governor-General or parliament of New Zealand, but through the overreaching Crown itself as a part of the executive, legislative, and judicial operations in all three areas.

In 1887, King Fataaiki wrote to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, requesting that Niue be placed under British protection, but his request was turned down.

The Queen's Representative serves as the viceroy of the Cook Islands and the Governor-General of New Zealand, represented by the State Services Commissioner, represents the Queen in Niue, carrying out all the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties of state on her behalf.

For example, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Niue constitute the three constituent entities of the Realm of New Zealand, united under a single head of state, which is the Queen of New Zealand.

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* Kiribati, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, Papua New Guinea

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The Cook Islands are one of four New Zealand dependencies, along with Tokelau, Niue and the Ross Dependency.

Of these, the Cook Islands and Niue are not UN members, and have limited sovereignty due to their free association with New Zealand.

Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to the southeast.

Though self-governing, Niue is in free association with New Zealand, and lacks full sovereignty.

Niue was a British protectorate for a time, but the UK's direct involvement ended in 1901 when New Zealand annexed the island.

Soon afterwards, Niue Premier Young Vivian categorically rejected the possibility of altering the existing relationship with New Zealand.

Niue is self-governing in free association with New Zealand and is fully responsible for internal affairs.

New Zealand retains some responsibility for external affairs, in consultation with Niue.

Air New Zealand is the only airline serving Niue, with a weekly flight from Auckland.

Cook Islands and Niue are represented by New Zealand ( they are in free association with it ).

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The economy of Niue is heavily dependent on aid from New Zealand.