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The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has no comment on the Fiji interim government's new budget, which makes no mention of elections next year. The Forum has been urging Fiji to...

Business people on Niue are angry that thousands of dollars were spent on a New Zealand tax litigator hired to prosecute artists Mark and Ahi Cross in a case where...

The Pacific Islands Forum and the European Union have endorsed a joint declaration on climate change that outlines their common concerns over global warming. It registers their common interest in...

The Niue Chamber of Commerce is asking that special rates be offered for commercial power users as prices have gone up. Prices have risen by 35 percent and business operators...

The Samoan composer and conductor, Igelese Ete, has won the Senior Pacific Artist Award worth just under four thousand US dollars, for his contribution to the performance and promotion of...

Niue consumers are facing increased power charges due to rising costs of diesel at the island's generating plant. Business operators already facing huge increases in shipping freight rates, are…

A New Zealand based tug is in Niue, making a third attempt to pull a wrecked fishing boat off the island's fringing reef at Liha Point.. The long liner Jay...

The Niue government has stopped paying two-weekly pensions to people aged between 55 and 59, a move expected to save about 60,000 US dollars a year. It's part of a...

The premier of Niue says a tax package that includes a goods and services charge will go before parliament again in early December. The passage of the Niue Consumption Tax...

A member of the Niue Assembly is warning that a new tax aimed at increasing government revenue could backfire. A tax package that includes a 12.5 percent goods and services...

Air New Zealand is replacing its weekly night service to Niue with a daylight flight starting on December 20th. It's hoped the new schedule will attract more tourists. Several additional...

The chairperson of the Pacific Islands Forum/Fiji Joint Working Group, says they are continuing to work towards Fiji holding elections by next March. The Joint Working Group met for the...

A new two million US dollar public service administration building for Niue has been opened. It was built with aid money from France and New Zealand and will house up...

The Premier of Niue has praised Miss Niue, Vanessa Marsh, for winning the 22nd Miss South Pacific Pageant. The 23 year-old former Miss Teen Niue and Miss University of the...

The 22nd Miss South Pacific Pageant has been won by Miss Niue, Vanessa Marsh. The 23 year-old was crowned at the weekend event in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Miss Marsh...

Miss Niue, 23-year old Vanessa Marsh, has been crowned Miss South Pacific 2008/2009 at the 22nd Miss South Pacific Pageant held in American Samoa. Miss Marsh, a Fisheries Officer with...

Niue's premier, Toke Talagi, says his country will soon establish formal diplomatic ties with a number of countries. China became the first country to formally establish diplomatic ties with Niue,...

A Niue jail inmate about to be sent to New Zealand for a mental health assessment has died in jail. Police Chief Ross Ardern says the man committed suicide. He...

A decision on the bulk purchasing of fuel for the Pacific is expected to be made at the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Vanuatu next week. The Pacnews agency reports...

China has become the first country to formally establish diplomatic ties with Niue, with Ambassador Zhang Limin presenting his credentials to Premier Toke Talagi in a ceremony in Alofi at...

The new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, has hailed as positive and timely the Fiji interim administration's announcement to rejoin the ministerial group looking…

Tonga says a recent withdrawal of support for its candidate for a World Health Organisation post was unfair. Tonga's, Dr Viliame Tangi, lost out to a South Korean candidate for...

The Prime Minister of Tonga says the withdrawal of backing for his country's candidate for a key post at the World Health Organisation undermines the traditions of Pacific countries supporting...

Niueans are among the private sector stakeholders convening in Samoa for the Pacific Regional Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprises Forum. Organised by the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation…

The newly appointed Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Tuiloma Neroni Slade officially begins his job today. Tuiloma, who is from Samoa, was appointed during the Leaders'…