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A polynesian fisheries co-operative has been formalised, strengthening the voice of the Southern Pacific members within the Forum Fisheries Agency. The Te Vaka Moana Arrangement means a closer…

The European Union is set to expand its solar power project into two new countries. The EU has announced it will inject 37 million US dollars into the project that...

People living on the northern side of Niue have been months without television reception while they wait for a fault on the main transmission tower to be repaired. Niue is...

An opposition MP on Niue is questioning how well Niue's main transmission tower can withstand another cyclone, and if Niue has the capability to maintain the tower. People living on...

There are hopes there'll be a voluntary agreement by traders in Niue to stop using plastic bags. Last week the Assembly passed a motion calling for plastic bags to be...

Niue is hoping a donated ambulance complete with new life-saving defibrillator will reduce medical evacuations to New Zealand. The New Zealand-based charity St John has donated the second-hand vehicle…

Niue's Minister of Health and Public Works is in New Zealand this week, talking to the local Niuean community about the government's plans to destroy abandoned houses. There are about...

A Niue MP is calling on the government to remove obstacles stopping New Zealanders and Australians from moving to the island. Niue is seeking to build up its population and...

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...