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A bid to censure Niue's Chief Justice Patrick Savage for comments he made during the sentencing of a youth charged with arson has been blocked in the Legislative Assembly. An...

Health authorities on Niue are confident that they are on top of the latest dengue outbreak that has infected 20 people to date. The chief medical officer, Dr Eddie Akau'ola,...

Niue has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, bringing to 183 the number of signatory countries to that treaty. The Vienna-based Commission overseeing the treaty says Niue's signature…

The MP in a Niue village constituency who was forced face a by election after the High Court found he had been sworn in contrary to the constitution is back...

Niue's premier Toke Talagi has reassured visitors to the island that Air New Zealand will not be cancelling its weekly flights from Auckland following a serious accident to one of...

The Niue government is reviewing banking services following complaints about the island's only commercial bank, Bank South Pacific. The Bank itself has approached the government with its own concerns…

Moriori leader Maui Solomon says he has little faith in planned new marine protection legislation, which he describes as a further attempt to erode Chatham Islanders' rights over their natural…

There's been a resurgence in dengue fever on Niue. An outbreak at the end of February saw three people needing hospital treatment and the chief medical officer, Dr Eddie Akau'ola...

Niue's Premier, Toke Talagi, says a new shipping registry for the territory should be set up by June. Legislation has been passed to allow for the setting up of a...

Tonga's former Prime Minister says the funeral for King George Tupou the fifth was a show of a country united under the monarch. The late King's state funeral yesterday was...

Tonga's King George Tupou V has been laid to rest at the Royal Tombs. Audio

Tonga's late King George Tupou the fifth has been laid to rest at the Malae Kula Royal Tombs in Nuku'alofa. The burial ceremony lasted for close to three hours. Megan...

Several thousand people gathered this afternoon at the royal burial ground, Malae Kula, in the Tonga capital, for the funeral of the late King George Tupou the Fifth. 150 former...

Several thousand people have gathered at the royal burial ground in Tonga for the funeral of the late King George Tupou the Fifth. 150 former college pupils carried the King's...

Niue's chief justice Patrick Savage has lectured residents of the island's small village of Hikutavake where there have been ongoing outbreaks of violence since May last year. Before sentencing two...

Niue MP and former Secretary of Justice, Togia Sioneholo, is asking the High Court to rule on whether the appointment of assistant or associate ministers breaches the constitution. He had...

The leader of Tokelau doesn't believe his people would be willing to give up their right to free entry into New Zealand, even though it's a major cause of the...

Niue MP and former Secretary of Justice, Togia Sioneholo, is asking the High Court to rule on whether the appointment of assistant or associate ministers breaches the constitution. He had...

A Niue MP, Togia Sioneholo, who raised concerns about the island setting up a shipping registry, says it is not a bad initiative, but he is worried about how it...

The premier of Niue says he's confident the country's planned shipping registry will not be abused. Legislation has been passed to allow for the setting up of a registry which...

A family squabble over the land on which Niue's new Tourism Office is sited is due to be heard in the Land Court next week. The office, converted from the...

The Cook Islands finance minister says he would like the free entry arrangement it has with New Zealand reexamined as the country's population continues to shrink. The Cook Islands, Niue...

The Niue Government is attempting to push through legislation that would establish a shipping registry. Our correspondent, Mona Ainuu, says it is being done in association with a Singaporean firm...

A by-election will be held in the Niue village of Toi on March the 31st after the High Court ruled the elected MP had not been sworn in properly. The...