$½M for gift to Niue
PA Special Corres. Niue Work on a new $500,000;; Legislative Assembly cham-i ber for the Government of I* Niue — financed by the New ' Zealand Government — will | begin in February . The new two-storeyed 1 building is New Zealand’s gift to the people of Niue and! 1 was announced at the island’s attainment of self-government 1 1 in October. 1974. by the 1 former Prime Minister, Mr, Rowling. 11 However, because of infla-i 'rion, the cost of the project has doubled in the last two L years. New Zealand carpenters [ 1 trill supervise the building, I which will be constructed by local labour, using local tim-[[ ber and materials. Niue, which has a population of 3600. has a Legislative' Assembly of 20 members.
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