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Niue's new hospital, which is to be opened next week by New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, is to be called Niue Foou Hospital. The hospital has been built after...

The New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, will make a three-nation Pacific tour next week. Mr Peters will visit Tonga, Samoa and Niue over a six-day period. He is scheduled...

The General Secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, Paul Coffa, is in no doubt that Pacific lifters will produce some major upsets at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne this month.

The Cabinet in Niue has proposed calling the country's new health centre, the Young Vivian and Helen Clark Hospital. The New Zealand prime minister is yet to give her opinion...

A number of Pacific Island countries will not be able to make international phone calls for about three hours tomorrow while Telecom New Zealand repairs a damaged satellite dish. The...

Forecasters in Fiji are monitoring a tropical depression south of the Samoan archipelago and north of Niue. The regional weather centre in Nadi says the depression is expected to strengthen...

Niue's new hospital isn't expected to open for at least another two months. The premier Young Vivian recently said he expected the facility to be up and running by the...

Forecasters in Nadi have cancelled cyclone warnings for Tonga and Niue. Latest reports place Cyclone Urmil 320 kilometres west south west of Niue and some 200 kilometres southeast of Tonga.

Forecasters are issuing warnings for Cyclone Urmil which has taken shape in northern Tonga. Urmil is north west of Niuatoputapu and north of Vava'u moving south east at 18 kilometres...

Forecasters predict Cyclone Tam will move further to the south of Niue over open seas this morning. The cyclone is now accelerating as it moves south-south-east at about 45 kilometres...

A tropical cyclone alert remains in force for Niue as Cyclone Tam is hitting Tonga. A strong wind warning remains in force for Tuvalu and Walis and Futuna. At midday,...

A tropical cyclone alert is now in force for Niue as Cyclone Tam is hitting the islands of northern Tonga. The storm's centre was about 200 kilometres from Vava'u in...

Forecasters are tracking the movement and intensification of Cyclone Tam over the Niuas and Vava'u island groups of Tonga. Tam is lying west of Niuatoputapu, with wind speeds of up...

The Premier of Niue, Young Vivian says workers are putting the finishing touches to the country's new hospital, which he says will be ready for an official opening shortly. The...

Niue intends to become one of the first countries in the world to use solely renewable energy sources. Totally reliant at present on imported diesel, Niue has signed an agreement...

The government of Niue is looking at harnessing wind to power the country after signing an agreement with the environmental group, Greenpeace. Niue's premier, Young Vivian, says the country is...

The Pacific Islands Forum is considering stationing staff in each of the six small island states in the region. Nauru, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands are seen...

The New Zealand government says changes to how citizenship is determined, will not leave babies stateless in Pacific states with which it retains strong links. Babies born from next year...

Babies born in the Cook Islands, Tokelau or Niue, neither of whose parents are New Zealanders, will not be able to claim New Zealand citizenship from next month. The New...

Polynesian Airlines has inaugurated a weekly flight to Niue from Apia, Samoa, using its Dash 8 aircraft. This is part of the airline's move to becoming a regional airline after...

The people of Niue are to have better access to health services after an agreement was signed between the Niue ministry of health and Counties Manukau District Health Board in...

Air New Zealand is sending another aircraft to Niue this evening after its flight to Auckland was forced to turn back. The airline says flight NZ75 returned to Niue this...

Air New Zealand has added two extra flights to Niue over Christmas. The new flights to Niue were launched earlier this month and demand for the service since then has...

Hundreds of votes have been registered in an internet competition to find this year's Miss South Pacific. The pageant has begun in Tonga and will finish on Friday night. Candidates...

The Premier of Niue is delighted that Pacific leaders have called for urgent action so the region is ready to combat the threat of avian flu. Young Vivian had expressed...