Niue Assembly

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The Niue Assembly is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the self-governing island nation of Niue in free association with New Zealand.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Niue Assembly canonical 12
Assembly of Niue 1
Parliament of Niue 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
associatedWith Government of Niue ⓘ
linked to: government of Niue

New Zealand ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Alofi ⓘ
chamber unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme law-making body of Niue ⓘ
country Niue ⓘ
electoralSystemContext mixed village and common roll constituencies ⓘ
elects Premier of Niue ⓘ
established 1974 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Niue ⓘ
governmentTypeContext self-governing state in free association with New Zealand ⓘ
hasCommitteeType standing committee ⓘ
hasConstituencyType common roll constituency ⓘ
village constituency ⓘ
hasElectionCycle general elections approximately every three years ⓘ
hasFunction approves legislation ⓘ
passes annual budget of Niue ⓘ
questions executive branch ⓘ
hasMemberType elected member ⓘ
hasPower enact, amend, and repeal laws for Niue ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement majority of members ⓘ
hasRuleSet standing orders of the Niue Assembly ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of Niue ⓘ
headOfStateContext operates under monarchy of New Zealand represented by Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of Niue ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Niuean ⓘ
legalBasis Niue Constitution Act 1974 (New Zealand) and Constitution of Niue ⓘ
legislatureOf Niue ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions and special sessions as required ⓘ
meetsIn Alofi ⓘ
meetsInBuildingType parliament house ⓘ
numberOfMembers 20 ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of government policies and administration ⓘ
partOf political system of Niue ⓘ
passes Acts of the Niue Assembly ⓘ
region Polynesia ⓘ
relationToNewZealand operates within framework of free association with New Zealand ⓘ
role makes laws for Niue ⓘ
oversees the government of Niue ⓘ
supervises Cabinet of Niue ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation representatives elected by Niuean citizens ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niue → legislature → Niue Assembly ⓘ
Alofi → hosts → Parliament of Niue ⓘ
linked to: Niue Assembly
Premier of Niue → appointedBy → Assembly of Niue ⓘ
linked to: Niue Assembly
Premier of Niue → confirmedBy → Niue Assembly ⓘ
Premier of Niue → reportsTo → Niue Assembly ⓘ
government of Niue → legislativeBody → Niue Assembly ⓘ
government of Niue → premierElectedBy → Niue Assembly ⓘ
Acts of the Niue Assembly → enactedBy → Niue Assembly ⓘ
Cabinet of Niue → responsibleTo → Niue Assembly ⓘ
Cabinet of Niue → membersSelectedFrom → Niue Assembly ⓘ