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Niue Assembly
The Niue Assembly or Niue Parliament () is the legislature of Niue. It consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages and 6 elected on a common island-wide roll. Members are directly elected by universal suffrage, and serve a three-year term. Niue follows the Westminster system of government, with the Premier elected by the Assembly and the Cabinet drawn from it. History The Assembly is descended from the Island Council established under the Cook Islands Act 1915. This was disbanded in 1959 and reconstituted as the Assembly, which was successively granted greater control. The Assembly assumed full law-making power within the constitution upon self-government in 1974. The Assembly is physically located in Alofi. Speaker of the Assembly The Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, elected by its members from outside their ranks. If a member of the Assembly is elected Speaker, they must resign their seat. The Speaker does not vote in proceedings, and does not enjoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hima Douglas
Hima Ikimotu Douglas (also known as Himalea I Takelesi) (born 1946 or 1947) is a Niuean broadcaster, politician, and diplomat who is the current speaker of the Niue Assembly. Douglas was educated in New Zealand and holds an accounting degree. He worked as a broadcaster, a broadcasting consultant, and a public servant for the South Pacific Commission and Niuean government, and for many years was manager of the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue. He was elected to the Niue Assembly at the 1999 Niuean general election, but resigned partway through his term to become Niue's first High Commissioner to New Zealand. Following his return to Niue he was re-elected at the 2005 election, but was not re-elected in the Niuean general election of June 2008. In June 2020, he was elected Speaker of the Niue Assembly, replacing Togiavalu Pihigia Togiavalu Pihigia is a Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
15th Niue Assembly
The 15th Niue Assembly was a term of the Niue Assembly. Its composition was determined by the 2014 election, held on 12 April 2014. The Speaker of the 15th Assembly was Togiavalu Pihigia Togiavalu Pihigia is a Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's la .... Members The members of the 15th Legislative Assembly were: References {{reflist Politics of Niue Political organisations based in Niue 2014 establishments in Niue Sittings of the Niue Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Political Organisations Based In Niue
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Politics Of Niue
The politics of Niue take place in a framework of a parliamentary system, parliamentary representative democracy, representative democratic Dependent territory, dependency, whereby the Chief Minister is the head of government, and of a non-partisan system. 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. The Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ) vests executive authority in Monarchy in New Zealand, His Majesty the King in Right of New Zealand and the Governor-General of New Zealand. The constitution specifies that in everyday practice, it is exercised by a Cabinet (government), Cabinet of the Premier of Niue and three other ministers. The premier and ministers must be members of the Niue Assembly, the nation's legislative assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Executive branch , List of Niuean monarchs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Legislatures Of Dependent Territories
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Legislatures can exist at different levels of government–national, state/provincial/regional, local, even supranational (such as the European Parliament). Countries differ as to what extent they grant deliberative assemblies at the subnational law-making power, as opposed to purely administrative responsibilities. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Royal Assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step. Under a modern constitutional monarchy, royal assent is considered little more than a formality. Even in nations such as the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein and Monaco which still, in theory, permit their monarch to withhold assent to laws, the monarch almost never does so, except in a dire political emergency or on advice of government. While the power to veto by withholding royal assent was once exercised often by European monarchs, such an occurrence has been very rare since the eighteenth century. Royal assent is typically associated with elaborate ceremony. In the United Kingdom the Sovereign may appear personally in the House of Lords or may appoint Lords Commissioners, who anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
18th Niue Assembly
The 18th Niue Assembly is the current term of the Niue Assembly. Its composition was determined by the general election on 29 April 2023. Election of Assembly The 20 members of the Assembly are elected by two methods; 14 are elected from single-member consistencies using first-past-the-post voting and six are elected from a single nationwide constituency by multiple non-transferable vote. There are no political parties in Niue. Historically, elections have occurred triennially in May or June; however, in late 2022, Premier of Niue Dalton Tagelagi indicated that he was considering holding elections early, in February or March 2023. The rationale for this shift would be to give the government more time to prepare and pass the budget before the end of the country's fiscal year in June. The election ultimately occurred in late April 2023. Eight of the twenty seats were won by first-time Assembly members. Two long-time members of parliament were unseated in the election: Terry Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2020 Niuean General Election
General elections were held in Niue on 30 May 2020 for the 20 members of the Niue Assembly. The election resulted in the defeat of Premier Toke Talagi, who lost his seat. Fifteen incumbents were re-elected, including three who were unopposed. In Mutalu, a tie between two candidates resulted in one being elected by a coin toss. Following the elections the Assembly elected Dalton Tagelagi as Premier. Electoral system The 20 members of the Assembly are elected by two methods; 14 are elected from single-member consistencies using first-past-the-post voting and six are elected from a single nationwide constituency by multiple non-transferable vote.Niue IFES There are currently no political parties. After the election, the Members of the Assembly elect a Speaker of the Assembly from outside parliament, and a Premier, who must be an MP. The Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
17th Niue Assembly
The 17th Niue Assembly was a term of the Niue Assembly. Its composition was determined by the 2020 election, held on 30 May 2020. Members The members of the 17th Legislative Assembly are: Common roll * Richard Hipa * Sauni Tongatule * Crossley Tatui * Stan Kalauni * O'Love Jacobsen * Terry Coe Constituency * Va'aiga Tukuitonga * Dalton Tagelagi * Pita Vakanofiti * Richie Mautama * Opili Talafas * John Operator Tiakia * Tofua Puletama * Makaseau Ioane * Jack Lipitoa * Ricky Makani * Dion Taufitu * Mona Ainuu * Talaititama Talaiti References {{Assemblies of Niue Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ... Politics of Niue Political organisations based in Niue Sittings of the Niue Assembly 2020 establishments in Niue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2017 Niuean General Election
General elections were held in Niue on 6 May 2017.Niue IFES Electoral system The 20 members of the Assembly are elected by two methods; 14 are elected from single-member consistencies and six are elected from a single nationwide constituency. Both types of seat use .Results Nationwide seats Constituency seats References {{Niuean elections Electio ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
16th Niuean Assembly
The 16th Niue Assembly was a term of the Niue Assembly. Its composition was determined by the 2017 election, held on June 6, 2017. The Speaker of the 16th Assembly is Togiavalu Pihigia Togiavalu Pihigia is a Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's la .... Members The members of the 16th Legislative Assembly are: References {{reflist Politics of Niue Political organisations based in Niue 2017 establishments in Niue Sittings of the Niue Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
