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Niue's potential to become renown as a blue-water sport fishing destination has taken a step forward with the drafting of an accreditation framework for charter operators. The framework came from...

A delegation led by New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tour the Pacific this week looking at New Zealand funded tourism and energy developments, export and infrastructure opportunities…

Two tourists visiting Niue have been taken to hospital with dengue fever. More than 100 people, or about eight percent of the population, are believed to be suffering from the...

Two charges of arson against a Niuean businessman have been dismissed by the Niue High Court at the end of the prosecution case heard over the past three days. The...

A Niuean man facing two charges of arson stands trial in the High Court at Niue today. Electrician Ian Hipa, the brother of the island's secretary to the government, has...

The Minister of Health in Niue says people diagnosed with dengue fever are not always taking the necessary precautions to prevent an epidemic. About 50 people have contracted the disease...

The funeral has been held of an art teacher in Niue who died of dengue last week. Most of the island's population was at the funeral of 46-year-old Charles Jessop...

The Protestant church in the Niue village of Hikutavake remains closed after the congregation was recently locked out by the local Member of Parliament. It is the latest in a...

The owner of a vanilla exporting company on Niue says there's a shortage of producers but former growers who took part in a government scheme that failed are reluctant to...

New Zealand's High Commissioner to Niue, Mark Blumsky, says efforts are being made to get small accommodation providers to upscale so they can take full advantage of the New Zealand...

Some small accommodation owners in Niue say they are being side-lined in a government-funded push to market the island to tourists. Patricia Hunter, who is on the council of the...

People in Niue will get the chance this weekend to look over a New Zealand government-funded tourism development. The more than six million US dollar extension to the island's largest...

The government in Niue says it is considering taking out insurance for all residents as a result of funding for emergency medical evacuations being cut. The Niue Health department says...

Niue's Premier, Toke Talagi, says the government is looking at making travel insurance compulsory for all tourists travelling to Niue after funding for emergency medical evacuations has been cut…

The Niue Health Department says it is in talks with Tonga about providing an alternative option to medivacs. The Niue Health Department says there is about one medivac from Niue...

Funding for medical evacuation flights from Niue has been cut. The Niue Health Department says there is usally about one medivac from Niue a year, at a cost of about...

Tourism officials in Niue say niche markets are being targeted to attract more visitors to the island. Niue has recently attracted large groups of tourists from New Zealand for the...

A Niue parliamentarian has spoken out about plans for the re-organisation of broadcasting, which he says will increase political interference in the media. The Niue Public Service Commission is…

The Niue Chamber of Commerce is optimistic about the future of the private sector because of improved relations with the government. Its chair, Avi Rubin, says the government is very...

A mid-week Air New Zealand flight to Niue in the peak tourist season has been put on hold for a year because extra accommodation hasn't been built in time. Niue...

The regional director of One Laptop Per Child, or OLPC, says he believes a change in personnel in the Education Ministry in Niue is behind the island re-embracing the scheme.

Thousands of dollars worth of equipment is due to arrive in Niue next month for land-based whale watching platforms. Special coin-operated binoculars imported from the United States will be set...

New Caledonia Tourism says cruise-ship passenger arrivals could reach one million a year by 2020. There's been a 17 percent growth in passenger visits for the Pacific region over the...

The Niue Health Department says it believes the dengue outbreak has peaked. The department says there have been 47 recorded cases of dengue fever, but only one case has been...

People in Niue say they're being kept in the dark about an outbreak of dengue fever and they want more information from the government. There have been at least 20...