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Niuean weekly newspaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Niue Star is a monthly (previously weekly) Niuean newspaper,[2] founded on 11 June 1993.[1][3][4][5] It is Niue's only newspaper.[6][7][8][4] Its founder, owner, editor, journalist and photographer is and has always been Michael Jackson.[9][4] The newspaper is distributed in Niue, New Zealand and previously Australia,[5] and had a circulation of 800 in 2005,[8] which had dropped to 200 by the time of its 30th anniversary in 2023.[1] It is a bilingual newspaper, published both in English and in Niuean.[8] In 2023, about a quarter of its content was written in English and about three quarters in Niuean.[1]
Type | Monthly |
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Owner(s) | Michael Jackson |
Publisher | Michael Jackson |
Editor-in-chief | Michael Jackson |
Editor | Michael Jackson |
Founded | 11 June 1993 |
Political alignment | Independent |
Language | English, Niuean |
Headquarters | Auckland (formerly Alofi) |
Circulation | 200 (in 2023)[1] |
The Niue Star was founded with the assistance of AESOPS, which provided Jackson with equipment including a computer, a digital camera and a printing press. It also provided Jackson with a journalism course. The latter had previously worked as publisher of the now-defunct government newspaper Tohi Tala Niue, but set up the private Niue Star as his own initiative.[6]
The Star was originally printed in Alofi, until its main office and printing shop were destroyed by Cyclone Heta in 2004. It then moved to Auckland.[5]
According to its editor Michael Jackson in 2008,
Jackson also reports on political news ("[I]f the government is, you know, not doing the right thing and the people want to know, then I will insist in reporting it."), and, through the Star, aims to "connect Niueans wherever they are". A large majority of Niueans live outside Niue itself, which, due to continuous emigration, had a population of barely 1000 in 2008. Most Niuean expatriates live in New Zealand, where the Niue Star is distributed within the Niuean community,[9] giving them access to church news and to photographs and descriptions of family members taking part in village events in Niue.[1]
From a peak of about 1,700, circulation by 2023 had dropped to just 200, in Niue and in Auckland, and the formerly weekly newspaper was now published only monthly.[1] The newspaper has a website, niuestar.online, but it has not been updated since 2018.
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