Now Niue
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Celebrates
Attainment of self-government was expected to be celebrated on Niue in style on October 19. To mark the occasion as Niue Con stitution Day, the whole popula tion of about 4,000 planned to put away 35 pigs, 3,500 drinking coconuts, 6,000 taro, two car cases of beef, 3,500 meat and fish dishes and 1,400 takihi (taro, papaw and coconut cream pies).
Invited guests were NZ’s Governor-General, the Prime Minister of NZ and Western Samoa, the President of the Senate of American Samoa, NZ’s Leader of the Opposition and Island Affairs officials.