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A Niue Opposition MP says the Government should not consider cutting public servants wages unless Ministers accept a corresponding reduction. The Finance Minister, Toke Talagi, says the government, as…

Niue's Government says it will not cut the hours of public servants if it undermines the island's community. The Finance Minister, Toke Talagi, says the government, as it has done...

A global study has revealed that the Pacific region hosts over 12 million pornographic web pages on its countries' domain names. The study, compiled by Secure Computing, also shows that...

Niue conservationists are appealing for donor support from the region, to research the full extent of damage to the environment following Cyclone Heta earlier this year. The Director for the...

The New Zealand Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, says the arrangement New Zealand has with Niue underwriting the twice weekly air service is a model that might be useful in other...

Seven South Pacific countries have agreed to join a scheme designed to bring down the cost of medical drugs at a new pharmacy centre which opened in Suva in Fiji...

Seven South Pacific countries have agreed to join a scheme design to bring down the cost of medical drugs. Radio Fiji says the scheme will be based at the newly-built...

An Opposition MP in Niue has attacked the distribution of some aid in the country after Cyclone Heta. O'love Jacobsen says the people who were most affected by the January...

The Premier of Niue, Young Vivian, has hit back at allegations by an opposition MP that some people, whose homes weren't damaged in Cyclone Heta, are on the list for...

The New Zealand foreign minister, Phil Goff, has re-stated his opposition to the concept of selling passports following last week's reports that an Auckland businessman is attempting to get Pacific...

A representative of Niue has denied allegations that some people who're not living on the island are getting a free home, as part of the rebuilding work after Cyclone Heta...

The Premier of Niue Young Vivian says he is confident that aid donors will come up with most of the 25 million US dollars asked for in the island's Cyclone...

An international donors conference will be held in Wellington today (wed) to look at ways of giving Niue long-term help after the destruction caused by Cyclone Heta in January. It...

The Fiji-based Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, the PCRC, says the Pacific Islands countries will continue to lose influence in the Forum if it allows French Polynesia to get observer status.

Pacific island government leaders have been urged to bar French Polynesia from joining the Pacific Islands Forum as an observer. The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre says the moves could be...

American Samoa has sold off a ship originally given to its government as a gift. Sources say the former US research vessel was sold to a consortium in Samoa at...

The Pacific Islands Forum secratariat has confirmed that this year's annual Forum will be held in Samoa from August the 5th to the 7th. The Forum secretariat says the dates...

New Zealand is to fund a a special recovery project manager for Niue to help rebuild the country after Cyclone Heta. The position will be for three months initially and...

An increasing emphasis on Niue culture is expected to be a key element of that country's ten year strategic plan for education. Over the next two weeks education authorities in...

A donor meeting is expected to be held later this month to look at how Niue can be helped with the re-construction after Cyclone Heta hit the island in January.

Niue opposition MPs have yet to see details of the government's plan to recover from the devastating effects of Cyclone Heta in January. An opposition MP, Terry Coe, says although...

Niue opposition MPs have yet to see details of the government's plan to recover from the devastating effects of Cyclone Heta in January. An opposition MP, Terry Coe, says although...

A group of 24 French Polynesians has returned to Tahiti after spending more than two months helping with the reconstruction effort in Niue after the island was devastated by Cyclone...

The Niue Premier, Young Vivian, says much of a 25 million US dollar recovery plan the government has drawn up has focussed on rebuilding or repairing 260 houses on the...

There are renewed prospects of Niue having a trust fund established by its main aid donors. New Zealand's Foreign Aid Minister, Marion Hobbs, who has just completed a tour of...