Gustava Esther Pavihi is a Niuean journalist and politician."Gustava Esther Pavihi - BCN broadcasting services restored and Niue ready to head to polls this weekend", Pacific Media Network, 29 May 2020
Biography She is the daughter of , the Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1999."Applications for inquest are declined but the High Court recognises steps to improve health services on the island", TV Niue, February 2021
She was once co-manager of the Esther's Village Motel, founded by her father in the village of Avatele.David Stanley, Moon Handbooks Tonga-Samoa, 1999, p.282 She ran in the 2008 Niuean general election and was elected to the Niue Assembly. "DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULT OF POLL FOR THE NIUE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION SATURDAY 7 JUNE 2008", Government of Niué"Surprise changes in Niue's elections", Radio New Zealand, 9 June 2008 A member of Prime Minister Toke Talagi's parliamentary majority, she served several times as Acting Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, replacing Pokotoa Sipeli when he was abroad or indisposed during the 2008-2011 parliamentary term. In this capacity, she chaired, in April 2011, a summit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the Ministers of Agriculture of the Pacific Oceanian States of the Southwest Pacific (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu) in Vavaʻu. In October 2010, she also served as Acting Prime Minister for a few days when Toke Talagi was in China for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai."Report of the Ninth MEETING OF FAO SOUTH WEST PACIFIC MINISTERS FOR AGRICULTURE, Food and Agriculture Organization, April2011Tau Tala Niue, 4 October 2010Tau Tala Niue, 11 October 2010
She was unseated in the 2011 Niuean general election, "Three new common roll and one new village representative in unofficial election results from Niue", Radio New Zealand, 9 May 2011 she was also an unsuccessful candidate in 2014, "Disappointment at low number of women elected in Niue", Radio New Zealand, 16 April 2014 and then in those of 2026. Résultats des élections de 2026 sur TV Niue
A journalist for the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue (BCN), company, she became (a senior reporter) head of the BCN news department. "Niue goes to polls with 30 percent of seats already decided", Radio New Zealand, 28 April 2023 In September 2024, she became a member of the board of directors of the Pacific Islands News Association, a regional association for cooperation between media outlets in small Pacific island states, chaired by Tongan journalist Kalafi Moala. She was the representative of television media there. "Kalafi Moana elected new PINA President as new board takes shape at Niue summit", Post-Courier, 27 September 2024
See also
Media in Niue
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