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- ↑ "Pacific Media Adopt Honiara Action Plan", Pacific Magazine, May 28, 2007
- ↑ Niue: Media, BBC, July 2, 2008
- ↑ Website of the government of Niue: Cabinet ministers Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Commonwealth Yearbook, Richard Green, 2004, Commonwealth Secretariat, ISBN 0-11-703227-1
- ↑ "Niue Travel Guide - Communications" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine , World Travel Guide
- 1 2 Tonga-Samoa Handbook, David Stanley, 1999, ISBN 1-56691-174-5, p.284
