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A former New Zealand MP is about to return to Niue to gauge how keen Niueans are on growing their tourism industry. New Zealand is willing to help boost the...

Sir Gaven Donne, a former Chief Justice of Samoa, Niue and the Cook Islands has died in New Zealand. He was 95.

The people of Niue are about to get a four-fold increase in internet bandwidth provided for free by the Internet Users Society Niue. The Society, which has long provided free...

Students from Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands attending universities or tertiary institutions in New Zealand can now qualify for interest-free student loans. The requirement is that they have to...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has cancelled its tsunami warning for many countries in the Pacific, but not before huge waves caused some damage in French Polynesia and small tidal...

Four Pacific islands countries have been placed on a French blacklist of countries considered to have inadequate taxation and fiscal standards The four are the Cook Islands, Niue, the Marshall...

Despite four cyclones in two weeks New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, NIWA, says normal tropical cyclone activity across the southwest Pacific is still predicted for…

There's growing concern for the residents of Vava'u and Ha'apai in the north of Tonga that have been thrashed by Cyclone Rene since the early hours of this morning. Communciations...

Forecasters says winds could reach 200 kilometres an hour as an intensifying Cyclone Rene bears down on Tonga.

Tropical Cyclone Rene, which is now listed as Category Four, is now hitting Vava'u and Ha'apai, islands in Tonga's north. Tonga police say there is no communication with Vava'u at...

Regional weather forecasters say they expect the intensifying Tropical Cyclone Rene to cause destruction for Tonga from early tomorrow. Cyclone Rene, which is now a category 3 cyclone, has passed...

Samoa is bracing for Cyclone Rene after it swept across neighbouring American Samoa without significant impact. One man was killed when he fell from a roof he was trying to secure.

The Red Cross says it has aid workers on alert around the Pacific as Cyclone Rene gathers strength between Samoa and Tonga. The Fiji Meteorological Office is warning the tropical...

The Cook Islands emergency relief team says the damage on the island of Aitutaki is much worse than first thought. Cyclone Pat, with winds of up to 200 kilometres an...

The Fiji Met service says there is a possibility that tropical cyclone Rene could become a hurricane in the next 24 hours. It says the cyclone, which is near the...

The Fiji met service has issued another tropical cyclone warning for the Northern Cook Islands. Tropical cyclone Rene, the fourth cyclone to form in the Northern Cook Islands, is about...

New Zealand will face Australia in the first quarter-final of the Wellington rugby sevens tournament after convincingly defeating South Africa by 19 points to 7 on Friday, their third win from ...

New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa have begun the Wellington Sevens tournament with wins. Samoa beat France 31-9 in the first game of the tournament, and started the second round with...

New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa have begun the Wellington Sevens tournament with wins. Samoa beat France 31-9 in the first game of the tournament, and Fiji beat Scotland 36-5. Hosts...

Niue's acting Premier is defending a major airport upgrade tourist operators say they were not consulted about. O'Love Jacobsen says a new shelter over the arrivals and departures area looks...

The head of Niue's Tourist Authority says a lack of consultation's prevented the island's tourism industry from embracing a major airport development. The acting Premier, O'Love Jacobsen, says a…

The acting Premier of Niue says a lack of funds is the main obstacle to removing unwanted asbestos. After devastating cyclones in 1959 and 1960, most of the island's housing...

The New Zealand sevens rugby coach Gordon Tietjens admits once again there is huge expectation on his side to win in the Wellington leg of the IRB series this weekend. New ...

The daughter of Niue's premier, Toke Talagi, has laid to rest rumours that the premier is in New Zealand to receive treatment for an illness. Opposition MP Terry Coe says...