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The Education Department in Niue says the One Lap Top Per Child programme has been phased out, three years after 500 computers were donated to all school children on the...

Niue say despite being up against it they wont be holding back on their return to the World Sevens Series next week on the Gold Coast. Niue qualified for the...

Polynesian leaders will meet in Apia this week for the first meeting of a Polynesian union. The grouping was suggested by the Samoan Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, at the...

The President of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee says a fundraising double up was to blame for their inability to pay the teams costs to the Pacific...

A trust has been set up to focus on preserving the Niuean language in New Zealand. The trust will aim to help support groups working to retain the language. The...

Pacific Island countries are absent from the roll of states which gave overwhelming backing to Palestinians' bid for membership of UNESCO. Members of the United Nations agency voted 107 to...

SpongeBob SquarePants is soon to become legal tender, with today's launch of the latest line of Niue-licensed silver coins from New Zealand Mint. The vice president for USA Operations at...

A Samoa company supplying noni juice to a Chinese company associated with a man accused of money laundering and corruption, says it's business as usual. Pure Pacifika exported 72 thousand...

Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says Fiji is more than welcome to join a proposed Polynesian subgroup. Polynesian leaders met in Auckland last month on the side of the...

The newly appointed New Zealand defence attaché to the Pacific has confirmed the country's ongoing commitment to defend and support the Cook Islands. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Brown held discussions…

The New Zealand Government says a joint airlift operation has begun to assist the drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu.

The latest Pacific climate update says much of the Pacific can expect below normal rainfall over the next three months. The update is from a group of organisations including New...

Niue could become a tourism hotspot for whalewatchers not wanting to take to the sea to view the mammals. Niue Tourism Board's Hayden Porter says humpbacks have been prolific around...

The Niue government statistician, Kimray Vaha, says provisional results show there were 1615 people on the island on census night on Saturday the 10th of September. 125 of these were...

The Pacific Languages Coalition in New Zealand is calling for more community submissions or it could be denied an opportunity to put its case for a literacy and languages legal...

An Alabama University geologist is studying stalagmites in Niue caves to research climate change. Dr Paul Aharon is trying to reconstruct the irregular climate patterns in the Pacific in the...

An Alabama University geologist is working with the Niue Meteorological Office to research climate change. Dr Paul Aharon is studying staglagmites in Niue to reconstruct the irregular climate patterns…

Niue's premier says tougher restrictions on people wanting residency status on the island are about ensuring people assimilate. Toke Talagi says the new legislation reflects the views of the people.

A Niue opposition MP says new immigration legislation, which was aimed at encouraging more people to settle on the island, will fail. Terry Coe says the new Immigration Act has...

Niue's premier, Toke Talagi says Pacific Island Forum leaders should now focus on sustainable economic development, and not get sidetracked by issues like Fiji. Following this year's Forum summit…

Pesticide contaminated soil is to be removed from Niue after an agreement between the Food and Agricultural Organisation and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. A senior…

The Cook Islands government says the country will benefit hugely from hosting next year's Pacific Leaders Forum summit. The Cook Islands was named as host at last week's meeting in...

Niue's premier, Toke Talagi, says stalling over trade deals with the European Union is making Pacific countries poor. Only Fiji and Papua New Guinea have concluded interim Economic Partnership…

New Zealand is to work to improve the ability of Pacific Island countries to cope with natural disasters. The New Zealand prime minister, John Key, says the government will invest...