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The Meteorological Service in Cook Islands is preparing an awareness programme next Monday to educate people about evacuation procedures during the cyclone season. The season usually runs between…

Niue premier Young Vivian has moved to assure people that the country is not returning to pre-self government days. Niue is preparing to meet Prime Minister Helen Clark and her...

The New Zealand prime minister, Helen Clark, is to sign an agreement this weekend to reaffirm the country's special relationship with Niue. Niue, which will celebrate 30 years of self-government,...

The general manager of Reef Group Limited says two of its new processing plants on Niue should double their employment within the next year. Kim Gordon says there are 40...

The manager of the Niue branch of the Bank of South Pacific, Robert Thadeus, says he is pleased with the community's response to the new bank. He said there was...

A conference on HIV/aids in the Pacific has ended in Fiji, culminating in the signing of the Suva Declaration for Parliamentarians on HIV/Aids. Each Pacific Island state sent between 4...

The re-establishement of some businesses in Niue is raising concern over Labour shortages. Niue is recovering after Cyclone Heta hit the island in January destroying all the established industries…

The Niue government has released preliminary population figures, which show there are more than 1,700 people on the island. The Minister for Economic Development, Bill Vakaafi-Motu Foou, says the…

Niue's government has been accused of increasing pension and other benefit payments in order to attract political support. The new provisions mean men will now receive the same as women,...

Niue's government says its decision to increase pensions is partly aimed at keeping people on the island. The new provisions mean men will now receive the same as women -...

New Zealand's economic development minister Jim Anderton says his Ministry can help Niue achieve economic independence. He has just been to the island with associate foreign affairs Minister Marian…

An Auckland woman hopes Niuean locals will support her move to visit and record their personal experiences of Cyclone Heta. Lyn Davies, who works as an educational specialist and lecturer...

Papua New Guinea's Bank of the South Pacific wants to form a partnership with at least one New Zealand bank. The BSP from the beginning of next month will run...

The Niue Government has welcomed the arrival of one of Papua New Guinea's major banks on in Niue. The Bank of the South Pacific is to open its first offshore...

A dispute over the management of solar energy projects could delay the development of power for areas in the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Niue and Nauru.

The Niue Premier Young Vivian has confirmed that New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit the island at the end of next month. Niue News reports Miss Clark's visit...

An attempt in Niue to collect population data as part of the reconstruction effort has been hampered by delays. Last week, the Statistics Department carried out a village head count,...

A leader of the Niue community in New Zealand says it is too early to talk of radical constitutional changes to Niue's status. Wally Ranfurly was responding to comments by...

Niue's High Commissioner to New Zealand warns the country may have to integrate with New Zealand if its population drops too low. Hima Takelesi says it would be unrealistic to...

The Samoa cabinet has approved a decision to return Niuean artifacts currently on display in the Samoa Museum. The two artifacts, a bowl and a walking stick, were given to...

The Samoa cabinet has approved a decision to return Niuean artifacts currently on display in the Samoa Museum. The two artifacts, a bowl and a walking stick, were given to...

The budget for Niue for the next financial year has been passed after politicians agreed to one of just over 15 and three quarter million US dollars. The budget, which...

The Premier of Niue, Young Vivian says there is now consensus to turn a coastal strip, where the worst of Cyclone Heta's fury was felt, into a park. The narrow...

The Niue government is considering nine different options for rebuilding the area of Alofi south flattened by Cyclone Heta in January of this year. Among the possibilities put forward are...

Niue's director of tourism says there is a shortage of guest accommodation. Ida Talagi-Hekesi says since Cyclone Heta struck in January, the island has had only one resort. And she...