18th Niue Assembly

The rationale for this shift would be to give the government more time to prepare and pass the budget before the end of the country's fiscal year in June.

Incumbent Dalton Tagelagi was re-elected as the premier of Niue after defeating opposition leader O'Love Jacobsen 16 votes to 4.

[9] Tagelagi appointed two incumbent members of the Assembly, Crossley Tatui and Esa Mona Sharon Ainuu to the Cabinet, along with Sonya Talagi, a newly elected common roll assembly member.

[11] In the State Opening, Tagelagi addressed several focus areas for the 18th Niue Assembly.

We continued to say that "We [Niue] all know that the constitution needs amendment to meet the demanding work of modern day life and align ourselves to international standards, UN international conventions, institutional membership ... that we have established to drive our humble island forward".