User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Niue

Public toilets in Niue are not very common, with most of their construction as a result of tourism efforts. Public toilet infrastructure was worked on in the 1990s.

Public toilets
Local councils are charged with maintaining local public toilets. Public toilets are located on the wharf in Niue. Responsibility for their maintenance was by the Yacht Club. As part of tourism planning in the early 1990s, the government of Niue identified building and maintaining public toilets as an important objective. In the 1990s, the government was investigating the possibility of installing public toilets in Matapa. A boat landing project was completed in 1992 at Avatele Village. Among the construction work efforts during the project was the completion of public toilets and showers.

Regional and global situation impacting public toilets in Niue
Around one in three women in the world in 2016 lacked access to a toilet. In developing countries, unisex public toilets have been a disaster because they make women feel unsafe and fail to consider local religious beliefs.

Foreigners visiting the South Pacific in the 1990s were advised to bring their own white toilet paper, and tampons or sanitary napkins as they were not commonly found in the region. Septic systems and any sewage systems were not strong enough in the 1990s for tampons to be thrown into them.

In the 1980s and 1990s, many people in the Pacific region had the misconception that HIV and AIDS could be transmitted by using public toilets.