Editing Niue (section)

==Culture==
{{See also|Music of Niue}}
[[File:Niuean dancing.jpg|thumb|350px|Niuean dancers at the [[Pasifika Festival]]]]

Niue is the birthplace of New Zealand artist and writer [[John Pule]]. Author of ''The Shark That Ate the Sun'', he also paints [[tapa cloth]] inspired designs on canvas.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.pacificmagazine.net/issue/2002/07/01/the-bifocal-world-of-john-pule | title = The Bifocal World of John Pule: This Niuean Writer and Painter Is Still Searching for a Place To Call Home | first = Scott | last = Whitney | newspaper = Pacific Magazine | date = 1 July 2002| url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081006204951/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/issue/2002/07/01/the-bifocal-world-of-john-pule | archive-date = 6 October 2008 | df = dmy-all }}.</ref> In 2005, he co-wrote ''Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth'', a study of a traditional Niuean artform, with Australian writer and anthropologist Nicholas Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/booksauthors/2005/pulethomas.html |title= John Pule and Nicholas Thomas. Hiapo: Past and present in Niuean barkcloth |publisher= Otago University Press |location= New Zealand |access-date= 20 November 2012 |archive-date= 18 October 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081018181047/http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/booksauthors/2005/pulethomas.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> [[Matafetu Smith]] founded the first Niuean women's weaving group in Auckland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bentley|first=Paulina|title=Weaving the present|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/stories/pacific/weaving-the-present|website=Auckland War Memorial Museum}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2009-07-23|title=ARTBEAT|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/arts/576835/ARTBEAT|access-date=2021-11-16|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Taoga Niue]] is a new Government Department responsible for the preservation of culture, tradition and heritage. Recognising its importance, the Government has added Taoga Niue as the sixth pillar of the [[Niue Integrated Strategic Plan]] (NISP).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pafpnet.spc.int/pafpnet/attachments/article/226/Niue%20%20NNSP%202009%202013%20(2).pdf |title=Niue National Strategic Plan 2009 – 2013 |publisher=Government of Niue |page=4 |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>

===Media===
Niue has two broadcast outlets, [[Television Niue]] and [[Radio Sunshine]], managed and operated by the [[Broadcasting Corporation of Niue]], and one newspaper, the ''[[Niue Star]]''.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/fr/news/2002/020118_pina.shtml "Le Programme international pour le développement de la communication de l'UNESCO soutient le journal de Niue"], [[UNESCO]], 16 July 2002</ref>

=== Museums ===
In 2004, [[Cyclone Heta]] destroyed the [[Huanaki Cultural Centre & Museum]]. The damage resulted in the destruction of the buildings, but also the loss of over 90% of the museum's collections.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barnett|first1=Jon|last2=Ellemor|first2=Heidi|date=2007|title=Niue after Cyclone Heta|url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/ielapa.839358863015639|journal=Australian Journal of Emergency Management |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=3–4 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barnett|first=Jon|date=2008-06-01|title=The Effect of Aid On Capacity To Adapt To Climate Change: Insights From Niue|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/003231870806000104|journal=Political Science|volume=60|issue=1|pages=31–45|doi=10.1177/003231870806000104|s2cid=155080576|issn=0032-3187|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Kitiaga mo fakamahani e hikihikiaga matagi he tau fifine Niue: tau pūhala he tau hiapo Niue women's perspectives and experiences of climate change: a hiapo approach |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13380 |publisher=The University of Waikato |date=2020 |degree=PhD |language=en |first=Jessica Lili |last=Pasisi|hdl=10289/13380 }}</ref> In 2018 [[Tāoga Niue Museum|Fale Tau Tāoga Museum]] opened, a new national museum for Niue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Art & Culture|url=https://www.niueisland.com/art-culture|access-date=2021-08-24|website=The Official Website Of Niue Tourism|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

===Cuisine===
Due to the island location and the fact that the Niue produce a significant array of fruits and vegetables, natural local produce, especially coconut, features in many of the dishes of the islands, as does fresh seafood. [[Takihi]], the national dish, is made from coconut cream and thinly sliced [[taro]] and [[papaya]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Sport===
{{See also|Rugby union in Niue}}
[[File:Niuean haka.jpg|thumb|The Niue sevens team performing a [[takalo]]]]

Despite being a small country, a number of sports are popular. [[Rugby union]] is the most popular sport, played by both men and women; Niue was the 2008 [[FORU Oceania Cup]] champions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2352343.htm?tab=sport |title=Niue take Oceania Cup rugby union final |publisher=Radio Australia |date=1 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916221921/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2352343.htm?tab=sport |archive-date=16 September 2008  }}</ref> [[Netball]] is played only by women. There is a nine-hole [[golf course]] at Fonuakula and a single lawn [[bowling green]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games/129520042/commonwealth-games-how-a-frankly-embarrassing-selection-dispute-soured-niues-shot-at-lawn-bowls-success |title=Commonwealth Games: How a 'frankly embarrassing' selection dispute soured Niue's shot at lawn bowls success |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> Association football is a popular sport, as evidenced by the [[Niue Soccer Tournament]], though the [[Niue national football team]] has played only [[Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games#Group B|two matches]]. [[Rugby league]] is also a popular sport.

Niue participates in the [[Commonwealth Games]], but unlike the [[Cook Islands]], it is not a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and does not compete in the [[Olympic Games]].<ref name="insidethegames.biz 2012">{{cite web | title=Niue | website=insidethegames.biz | date=2012-10-30 | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125846/niue-chef-de-mission | access-date=2023-10-16}}</ref> Per IOC rules, participation in the Olympics requires being "an independent State recognised by the international community".<ref name=IOC-09Dec2014a>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/news/127th-ioc-session-comes-to-close-in-monaco/242155|title=127th IOC Session comes to close in Monaco|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=9 December 2014|access-date=6 August 2016|quote=The NOC of Kosovo met the requirements for recognition as outlined in the Olympic Charter. These include the sport and technical requirements as well as the definition of "country" as defined in Rule 30.1 – "an independent State recognised by the international community". Kosovo is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 UN Member States.}}</ref>