Closure of Niue News weekly website disappoints
Title -- 4754 NIUE: Closure of Niue News Weekly website disappoints
Date -- 21 June 2005
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- Radio NZ International 20/6/05
Copyright - RNZI
Status -- Unabridged
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CLOSURE OF NIUE NEWS WEEKLY WEBSITE DISAPPOINTING TO NIUEAN COMMUNITY ABROAD
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=17464
WELLINGTON (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): The closure of the Niue News Weekly website is disappointing to the Niuean community in New Zealand.
A member of the community says Niueans abroad relied on the site for independent news and stories which weren’t available from government sources.
The editor of the website, Stafford Guest, says it has closed down because he has moved to New Zealand and the expenses involved in gathering news while off island have become too high to warrant the site continuing.
He says the news site had remained independent and all contributors worked voluntarily.
Guest says the website never received any funding.
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