Bibliography of Niue

Last updated November 05, 2025

Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. This bibliography compiles written and published works in the English language about Niue.

Overviews

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Niué" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Foster, Sophie (2025) [1998]. "Niue". Encyclopedia Britannica (Online ed.).

History

Chapman, Terry (1976). The Decolonisation of Niue. New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (Thesis). Wellington: Victoria University Press. OCLC 3749817.^[1]
Chapman, Terry; Etuata, Ikinepule; Hekau, Maihetoe; Kumitau, Vilisoni; Rex, Leslie; Tafatu, Ofa; Talagi, Fifita; Talagi, Tahafa Pope; Tanaki, Pitasoni; Tukuitoga, Ianeta Joylyn. Niue: A History of the Island. Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific. OCLC 25869602.
Loeb, Edwin M. (1926). History and Traditions of Niue. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum. OCLC 5251439.^[2]
Pointer, Margaret; Folau, Kalaisi (2000). Tagi Tote e Loto Haaku, My Heart Is Crying a Little: Niue Island Involvement in the Great War, 1914–1918. Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific. ISBN 978-9-8202-0157-6.^[3]
Pointer, Margaret (2015). Niue 1774–1974: 200 Years of Contact and Change. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-5586-4.
Pointer, Margaret (2018). Niue and the Great War. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-9885-3123-6.
Smith, Stephenson Percy (1903). Niue-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People. Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs. pp. 36–34. Retrieved 29 August 2025.^[4]
Thomson, Basil C. (1902). Savage Island . London: J. Murray – via Wikisource.^[5]
Tregear, Edward (March 1893). "Niue: or Savage Island". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 2: 11–16. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010.
Walter, Richard K.; Anderson, Atholl (2002). The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 1-5817-8018-4.

Geography and environment

Hay, J. Rod; Powlesland, Ralph; Sim, Joanna (1998). Guide to Birds of Niue. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN 978-9-8204-0177-8.
Sykes, W. R. (1970). Contributions to the Flora of Niue. ISBN 978-0-4770-1888-3. OCLC 128409.
Terry, James P.; Murray, Warwick E. (2004). Niue Island: Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia. International Scientific Council for Island Development. ISBN 9-2990-0230-4.

Language

Kaulima, Aiao; Beaumont, Clive H. (1994). A First Book for Learning Niuean. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583-3830-2.
Kaulima, Aiao; Beaumont, Clive H. (2000). Learning Niuean, Book 2. Tohi Ako Vagahau Niue. Auckland, New Zealand: Beaumont and Kaulima. ISBN 0-9583-3839-6.
Massam, Diane (2020). Niuean: Predicates and Arguments in an Isolating Language. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1987-9355-7.
McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Maori and Island Affairs. OCLC 286538.
Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (1997). Tohi Vagahau Niue/Niue Language Dictionary: Niuean-English, with English-Niuean Finderlist. Government of Niue. ISBN 978-0-8248-1933-0.^[6]
Tregear, Edward; Smith, Stephenson Percy (1907). A Vocabulary and Grammar of the Niué Dialect of the Polynesian Language. Wellington, New Zealand: Government Printer. OCLC 771878844.

References

↑ Viviani, Nancy (1978). "Review". The Journal of Pacific History. 13 (2). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 126–127. doi:10.1080/00223347808572348. JSTOR 25168329.
↑ Mead, Margaret (Jan–Mar 1928). "Review". American Anthropologist. New. 30 (1). Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association: 151–155. doi: 10.1525/aa.1928.30.1.02a00210 . JSTOR 660979.
↑ Lindstrom, Lamont (Spring 2002). "Review". Pacific Affairs. 75 (1). Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia: 157–158. doi:10.2307/4127286. JSTOR 4127286.
↑ Edge-Partington, J. (1904). "Review: 7". Man. 4. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 15. JSTOR 2840321.
↑ Edge-Partingdon, J. (1903). "Review: 52". Man. 3. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 95–96. JSTOR 2839245.
↑ Hooper, Robin (June 1998). "Review". Oceanic Linguistics. 37 (1). University of Hawaii Press: 193–200. doi:10.2307/3623286. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015041305700 .

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[1] Viviani, Nancy (1978). "Review". The Journal of Pacific History. 13 (2). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 126–127. doi:10.1080/00223347808572348. JSTOR 25168329.

[2] Mead, Margaret (Jan–Mar 1928). "Review". American Anthropologist. New. 30 (1). Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association: 151–155. doi: 10.1525/aa.1928.30.1.02a00210 . JSTOR 660979.

[3] Lindstrom, Lamont (Spring 2002). "Review". Pacific Affairs. 75 (1). Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia: 157–158. doi:10.2307/4127286. JSTOR 4127286.

[4] Edge-Partington, J. (1904). "Review: 7". Man. 4. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 15. JSTOR 2840321.

[5] Edge-Partingdon, J. (1903). "Review: 52". Man. 3. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 95–96. JSTOR 2839245.

[6] Hooper, Robin (June 1998). "Review". Oceanic Linguistics. 37 (1). University of Hawaii Press: 193–200. doi:10.2307/3623286. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015041305700 .

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