1986 Edition

Agriculture

coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes; subsistence crops — tare, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle

Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit

Airfields

89 total, 85 usable; 30 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 14 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

1 with permanent-surface runway of 1,650 m capable of taking intermediatesize jet aircraft

Branches

Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Police Force

Executive consists of a Cabinet of four members — the Premier (elected by the Assembly) and three ministers (chosen by the Premier from among Assembly members); Legislative Assembly consists of 20 members (14 village representatives and 6 elected on a common roll); if requested by the Assembly, New Zealand will also legislate for the island

9-member elected Legislative Assembly; chief executive is Australian administrator named by governor general

Budget

revenues (including New Zealand subsidy of $2.3 million) $3.2 million; expenditures, $3.8 million (FY83/84 est.) Monetary conversion rate-, uses New Zealand currency; NZ$1.88=US$1 (5 February 1986)

revenue, $2.7 million; expenditure, $3.3 million (1983); main source of income is sale of postage stamps and customs duties; expenses — administrative $1.2 million, education $0.5 million, health $0.5 million, welfare $0.2 million, maintenance $0.4 million

Capital

Alofi

Kingston (administrative center), Burnt Pine (commercial center)

Civil air

72 major transport aircraft

Coastline

64 km People

32 km (mostly inaccessible cliffs) People

Elections

every three years; last election held March 1984

last held 18 May 1983; every three years Economy

Electric power

network completed in 1977, with all villages linked to service

7,000 kW capacity (1985); 8 million kWh produced (1985), 3,300 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

Polynesian, with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans

descendants of the "Bounty" mutiny families; more recently, Australian and New Zealand settlers

Exports

$301,224 (f.o.b. 1983); canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaw, root crops, limes, footballs, handicrafts Norfolk Island

$2.9 billion (1982-83); seed of the Norfolk Island pine; Kentia palm seeds, small quantities of avocados

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

1 April-31 March Communications

Fishing

930,000 metric tons (1982)

GNP

$3 million (1984), per capita GDP $1,080(1984)

Government leader

David E. BUFFETT, Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (since 1983)

Government leaders

Sir Robert R. REX, Premier (since early 1950s); John SPRINGFORD, New Zealand Representative (since 1974)

Highways

107,990 km total 30,019 km paved (mostly bituminous surface treatment); 25,411 km laterite, gravel, crushed stone, improved earth; 52,560 km unimproved

123 km all-weather roads, 106 km access and plantation roads

Imports

$l,504,180(c.i.f. 1983); food and live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs

$15.1 million (1982-83)

Inland waterways

8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks

Labor force

approx. 1,000(1981); most Niueans work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board Government Official name-.nO Niue

Language

Polynesian tongue closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English

English (official); "Norfolk" — a mixture of 18th Century English and ancient Tahitian

Legal system

English common law

wide legislative and executive responsibility under the Norfolk Island Act of 1979; Supreme Court

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (200 nm exclusive economic zone)

3 nm (200 nm fishing zone)

Literacy

education compulsory between 5 and 14 years of age

probably high Government

Major industries

small tourist industry "

tourism ($10 million)

Major trade partners

exports — New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia; imports — New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Western Samoa, Australia, US

imports — Australia and Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Asia, Europe; exports — Australia and Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe

Member of

ESCAP (associate member), SPF Economy

Military manpower

males 15-49, 22,607,000; 12,999,000 fit for military service; 1,081,000 reach military age (18) annually Sff regional map X Land 259 km2; about twice the size of Washington, D. C.; 20% forest Water

National holiday

Pitcairners Arrival Day Anniversary, 8 June

Nationality

noun — Niuean(s); adjective — Niuean

noun — Norfolk Islander(s); adjective— Norfolk Islander

Official name

Territory of Norfolk Island

Pipelines

2,042 km crude oil; 120 km natural gas; 3,000 km refined products

Political subdivisions

14 village councils

external territory of Australia

Population

2,672 (July 1986), average annual growth rate —4.4%

2,473 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.6%

Ports

6 major (Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne, Sapele), 9 minor

no harbor; open roadstead offers anchorage offshore from Alofi, from where servicing is by small boat

Railroads

3,505 km 1.067-meter gauge

none

Religion

75% Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church) — a Christian Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society, 10% Morman, 5% Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist

Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Uniting Church in Australia, and Seventh-day Adventists

Suffrage

universal adult

proportional representation; all persons born on the island are Australian citizens

Telecommunications

above-average system limited by poor maintenance; major expansion in progress; radio-relay and cable routes; 155,000 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 37 AM, 9 FM, 34 TV stations; satellite station with Atlantic and Indian Ocean antennas, domestic satellite system with 19 stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable Defense Forces

single-line telephone system connects all villages on island; est. 1,000 radio receivers in use (1983); 1 radio station; no TV service Defense Forces Defense is the responsibility of New Zealand South Pacific Ocean Sec regional map X QNepean --^Philip I \r Land 34.5 km2; less than one-third the size of Washington, D. C.; consists of Norfolk, Nepean, and Philip Island (the last two are uninhabited); 400 hectares arable land Water

Type

(since 1974) self-governing territory "in free association with New Zealand"; Niueans retain New Zealand citizenship

Australian territory