Niue Star

Niue Star
TypeMonthly
Owner(s)Michael Jackson
PublisherMichael Jackson
Editor-in-chiefMichael Jackson
EditorMichael Jackson
Founded11 June 1993
Political alignmentIndependent
LanguageEnglish, Niuean
HeadquartersAuckland (formerly Alofi)
Circulation200 (in 2023)[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b c d "World's only Niuean newspaper celebrates 30th anniversary", Radio New Zealand, 29 June 2023
  2. ^ BBC: Niue: Media
  3. ^ "Niue Star", National Library of New Zealand
  4. ^ a b c "The country’s only newspaper, Niue Star turns 30 this month", TV Niue, June 2023
  5. ^ a b "Michael Jackson joins Samoa Observer" Archived 13 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Samoa Observer, 16 March 2008
  6. ^ "Le Programme international pour le développement de la communication de l'UNESCO soutient le journal de Niue", UNESCO, 16 July 2002
  7. ^ "L'île de NIUE: présentattion" Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
  8. ^ a b c "Pacific publishing tough in NZ, say publishers" Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Pacific Media Watch, 9 October 2005
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference deathandcrime was invoked but never defined (see the help page).