Search Results

The Forum Fisheries Agency reports that three vessels have been forced into ports during a major surveillance operation. Operation Kurukuru, involving four aircraft and eight patrol boats, covered an…

A Fiji political party that is supportive of the interim Government, says Fiji's links with the other Melanesian countries is a welcome counter to the co-ordinated moves against Fiji by...

A Fiji political party that is supportive of the interim Government, says Fiji's links with the other Melanesian countries provide a welcome counter to the co-ordinated moves against Fiji by...

About half the population of Niue has attended a memorial service for a young policewoman who perished in the Tongan ferry accident two weeks ago. Sisiliah Puleheloto was serving with...

The President of Niue's Tourism Association, Patricia Hunter, says she hopes the governments of New Zealand and Niue can work constructively to build up the island's fledgling tourism sector. Her...

A New Zealand Government appointed tourism advisor, Trevor Hall, is on Niue this week investigating how to grow the island's visitor industry. Niue's premier Toke Talagi has several time criticised...

Bad weather is continuing to hamper the divers' efforts to conclusively identify a ferry that sunk in Tongan waters. The Princess Ashika went down about 86 kilometres northwest of Tonga's...

Niuean police have confirmed that a policewoman holidaying in Tonga is among those missing in the Tongan ferry disaster. Niue's Chief of Police Ross Ardern says his police staff are...

The outgoing chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum has called on Fijians to rise up and challenge the country's military rulers.

French Polynesia's President, Oscar Temaru, says other Pacific Islands Forum leaders have offered support to his country becoming a full member of the regional grouping. French Polynesia is an…

New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, says a call for civil disobedience in Fiji is unhelpful. The outgoing chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum, Niue's Premier Toke Talagi, says international...

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the Pacific Islands Forum that any solution to the problems facing Fiji, must be a peaceful one. In his speech during the...

The 40th Pacific Islands Forum has officially been opened in Cairns, Australia. The meeting, attended by leaders of all 16 Forum countries, except Fiji, which has been suspended from the...

The outgoing chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has called on the people of Fiji to rise to challenge the military regime's undemocratic rule. Fiji was suspended from the Forum...

Regional leaders are to ask for advice on whether Fiji must be included in regional trade talks. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations...

The regional free trade agreement known as PACER Plus is unlikely to be launched at this week's Pacific Islands Forum. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on...

The regional free trade agreement known as PACER Plus is unlikely to be launched at this week's Pacific Islands Forum. The formal start of negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on...

Pacific Island small islands states are taking a strong message to the Pacific Islands Forum on climate change. The Smaller Islands States, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, the Marshall...

Niue's Minister of Health says the recent practice of sending women to New Zealand to give birth will continue for a few more months. A new hospital was built on the island in 2006.

Pregnant women in Niue will soon be able to have their babies locally with the appointment of a new Senior Medical Officer. A new hospital was built on Niue in...

Niue's Minister of Health says women will need to wait for a second specialist doctor to be found before they can give birth safely on the island. All pregnant woman...

Countries that have reached an agreement to protect whales and dolphins will meet in Auckland on Tuesday and Wednesday in the hope of adding Tonga and Britain to its list of signatories.

The President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Emanuel Mori, has spoken out in favour of including Fiji in the Pacific Islands Forum to maintain a dialogue. Mr Mori has...