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Voters on Niue selected three new common roll members and one new village representative in the country's general election over the weekend. The results are still unofficial but top poller...

The caretaker premier of Niue says the country still has plans to make use of a huge fish plant that's been unused for the past four years. The multi million...

The caretaker premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, says he's hoping he'll remain as the country's leader after this weekend's election, but he says the island's elections can be hard to...

The head of the Broadcasting Commission of Niue says none of the candidates running in village seats has taken up the opportunity for free air time ahead of this weekend's...

A first time candidate in this weekend's general election in Niue wants to see the country open markets in New Zealand for agricultural produce. Willie Sanitelli, who returned to Niue...

A New Zealand-born Niuean who's returned to live on the island says the people who succeed there are those who can turn their hands to anything. The comment follows the...

Niue Tourism's senior development manager says there's a 10-to-one return from the island's biennial arts festival. Hayden Porter says the second Niue Culture and Arts Festival, which ran last…

Niue's former high commissioner to New Zealand, Sisilia Talagi, wants to see changes in health and pre-school education if she's elected to parliament in next weekend's elections. Ms Talagi is...

A former premier of Niue, Young Vivian, says he has reservations about the major tourism development being driven by the New Zealand government. Tens of millions of dollars is to...

Niueans go to the polls on Saturday week but six of the 14 village seats have already been decided with just a single candidate contesting. The six are all current...

A co-ordinator of Niue's biennial arts festival says a language workshop that's preceeded the event is part of an ongoing drive to protect and promote Vangahau Niue. The week-long festival...

A hotel extension on Niue, paid for with nearly five million US dollars from the New Zealand aid programme, is about to get underway. It is part of a project...

Niue's Premier and the chairperson of the Niue Philatelic and Numismatic Company's board, Toke Talagi, says it's nonsensical to suggest that a stamp might predict the demise of the British...

The opposition Labour Party in New Zealand says the government's planned new approach to foreign affairs appointments risks damaging the country's reputation. In a speech earlier this week the…

The opposition Labour Party in New Zealand says the government's planned new approach to foreign affairs appointments risks damaging the country's reputation. In a speech earlier this week the…

A political veteran in Niue is predicting little change in the island's 20 person assembly when the island goes to the polls on May the 7th. Niue's new High Commissioner...

Niue's Speaker says he will quit politics when the assembly is officially dissolved at the end of the week. The Premier will gazette the dissolution of the House on April...

A petition is circulating to get some Pacific languages officially recognised as minority languages in New Zealand. Already 4,000 people have signed the petition earmarked for parliament, in support…

The head of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, SPREP, says adapting to climate change also puts countries in a better position to deal with natural disasters. David Sheppard says during...

Artists planning to attend a festival in Niue say they feel punished by Air New Zealand which operates the only international flights to the island. Artist and businessman Mark Cross...

Christchurch school students affected by February's quake are among those vying to win this year's Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival in New Zealand. The festival's…

There are hopes that reviving the game of Niue cricket will help young people keep the history and disciplines of the game alive. The game was introduced to Niue with...

The premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, hopes the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable, now underway on the island, can outline adaptation measures and mitigating infrastructure the region can put in place.

A company in Niue has diversified its virgin coconut oil into a body lotion with food fragrances, like chocolate. Pahe Sioneholo says her husband got the idea to develop a...