Niue

Niue
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Location of Niue
National AssemblyNiue
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[1] 1,937
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 9
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Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean, is part of Polynesia, and is inhabited predominantly by Polynesians. Niue is one of the largest coral islands, commonly referred to as "The Rock" from its traditional name "Rock of Polynesia." Niue is inside a triangle defined by Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands northeast of New Zealand. Niue has a land area of 261.46 sq km (100.95 sq mi) and a population of 1,689 in the 2022 census.[2]

History[edit]

In June of 1956, it was reported that even though there were no believers or pioneers on the island of Niue, one Bahá’í pamphlet was translated. Suhayl Ala'i, a pioneer in Samoa pioneer, on a trip to New Zealand discussed the matter with a non-Bahá’í friend who was a government official in Niue. He said he would see what he could do. He was able to get the official government translator to translate it, and the postmaster of Niue typed it up. Two people on Niue had now heard of the Bahá’í Faith.[3]

Moses Hokafonu of Tonga pioneer to Niue Island

Mosese Hokafonu of Tonga left his wife and four children in December 1965 to pioneer to Niue Island. It hoped to move his family there but that proved infeasible and he was forced to leave Niue, but he left 15 Bahá’ís on the Island with 11 in a single village. He later assisted the new Bahá’ís in forming their first Local Spiritual Assembly.[4] In its Ridván letter of 1966, the Universal House of Justice announced the Niue had been opened to the Bahá’í Faith.[5]

At Ridván 1970, the responsibility for Niue was passed to the National Assembly of Tonga and the Cook Islands.[6]

In 1979, Niue was under the jurisdiction of New Zealand.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Niue". Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 426, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Geoffry W. Marks, comp. (1996). Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age. United States: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, United States. 1996. p. 77. ISBN 0877432392.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 273, Pg(s) 275. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 10, Issue 6, pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
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