Niue
The World Factbook: Background: :: Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, has caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an estimated 1,229 in 2013) with substantial emigration to New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest. :: ...read more [Source: The World Factbook ] Wikipedia: Niue (/ˈnjuːeɪ/ NEW-ay; Niuean: Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) northeast of New Zealand within the triangle formed by Tonga (to the west), Samoa (to the north) and the Cook Islands (to the east). Its land area is 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and its population, predominantly Polynesian, is around 1,400. They commonly refer to the island as "the Rock", a reference to the traditional moniker "Rock of Polynesia".[citati...read more [Source: Wikipedia ]
Expertise (alphabetical order)
Sue FARRAN Professor, Law at Northumbria University, United KingdomKeywords: Customary Law , Gender , Land Tenure , Neo-Colonialism , Post-Colonialism , Sustainability , Development , Children , Legal Pluralism
Pefi KINGI PhD Student at Victoria University, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change Migration , Community Development , Decolonisation , Development , Ethics , Human Rights , Justice , Language , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) , Social Change
Lea Lani KINIKINI KAUVAKA Independent researcher, Pacific Community at EU PacTVET project, TongaKeywords: Resilience , Indigenous Knowledge , Forced Migration , Subaltern Bodies , Māui Genealogies , Body Theory , Coconut Oil , Race , Settlerhood
John Joseph MCCAFFERY Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland at Uniservices Consultancy Ltd, New ZealandKeywords: Education , Education Policy , Language Policy , Language Shift , Language-Culture-Cognition , Polynesian Languages , Pacific Studies , Language , Literacy , Bilingual/Immersion Education
Richard MOYLE Professor emeritus, Centre for Pacific Studies at University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Christianisation , Cultural Change , Dance , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Language Documentation , Polynesian Languages , Ritual , Voyaging , Oral Tradition , Music
Patrick NUNN Professor, Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change , Coastal Erosion , Cultural Change , Human Ecology , Indigenous Knowledge , Kava , Landscape , Myth , Religion And The Environment , Sustainable Development
Károly Sándor PALLAI Research Fellow, Department of French and Francophone Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, HungaryKeywords: Contemporary Literatures , Francophone Literatures , Identity , Postcolonial Literatures , French Overseas Territories , Post-Colonialism , Narratives , Literature , Cultural Studies , Colonial Imagination
Hilke THODE-ARORA Curator, Oceania at Museum Fuenf Kontinente, GermanyKeywords: Colonial Imagination , Indigenous Agency , Inter-ethnic Relations , Heritage Management , Ethnicity , Cultural Change , Transnationalism , Women's Associations , Textiles / Fibre Arts , Museums
Nicholas THOMAS Professor, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Cambridge, United KingdomKeywords:
Suzanna TIAPULA Research Fellow, Ho'omaluhia, Hawai'i, International and Indigenous Division at Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, United StatesKeywords: Customary Law , Diasporas , Gender Violence , Health , Human Rights , Identity , Justice , Law and Culture , Mining , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH Lecturer, School of Law at University of the South Pacific, VanuatuKeywords: Climate Change , Human Right To A Healthy Environment , Human Rights , Human Rights And Environmental Studies , Climate Change Migration , Climate Policy , Intergenerational Equity , International Relationships , Statehood , Sustainable Development
Official Websites Government of Niue... Taoga Niue (Department of Niue Cultural He... Niue Development Bank...
Libraries and Archives Niue Campus Library of the University of S...
Museum Collections American Museum of Natural History... Australian Museum... Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum...
Health and Health Research Department of Health - Government of Niue... United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)... World Health Organization (WHO)...
Languages
List of languages More on Glottolog More on Ethnologue Recordings at Paradisec
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