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Niue family adventures: Swim with whales, explore caves, and more with your kids
The New Zealand Herald
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March 29, 2025
Touching down in Niue after a quick three-and-a-half-hour flight from Auckland, you are greeted with not only warm temperatures all year round, but the most warm and hospitable welcome possible. It’s best to pre-arrange a rental car for your...
Sustaining Nature; Sustaining Culture: The Anthropology Of Resource Management In The Pacific And Caribbean
New Spotlight Nepal
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Reviving Traditional Island Resource Management The Anthropology of natural resource management (NRM) in the Pacific and the Caribbean underscores the complex relationship among community structures, cultural practices, and environmental...
Difficult economy dashes plans for popular indigenous arts festival
Te Ao Maori News
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April 28, 2025
The popular Toi Kiri: Indigenous Arts Festival won’t return this year after all. Instead, the festival, which celebrates traditional body marking from around the world, will wait until 2026. Mount Maunganui was to host the October event, but...
Sidney Lui to lead Team Niue at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Pacific Media Network
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Preparations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are underway, with Team Niue recently selecting Sidney Lui to lead their delegation. Lui, a respected sports leader from the small Pacific island nation, steps back into the role with a clear...
Fana Café: A culinary revival on Niue’s shores to honour tradition
Pacific Media Network
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A small yet charming café in Niue is winning the hearts of locals and tourists alike. Fana Café, operated by 41-year-old Niuean Chris Skinner and his family, brings 23 years of culinary experience from abroad to the small Pacific island nation....
Niuean Musician and Artist Appointed Pasifika Navigator for Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand
TP+
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March 2, 2025
William Kingi William Kingi (Will) has been confirmed as the Pasifika Navigator for Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ) in a brand new role for the organisation that manages our national choirs. With support from Creative NZ, the position will see...
‘A marvelous man’ – Niue priest pays homage to Pope Francis
Television Niue
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April 23, 2025
Niue’s only Catholic priest has joined millions across the world in honoring His Holiness Pope Francis following his death. According a press release issued by the Vatican office, the 88-year-old pontiff died of stroke, followed by a coma and...
Niue Tourism updates their image library
Television Niue
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February 21, 2025
Last year Tourism Niue bought in renowned Australian photographer David Kirkland who was here to refresh and renew their image. During his two weeks stay in Niue, David captured a stunning array of images that showcased Niue’s natural beauty,...
US immigration crackdown is bad news for towns dependent on international students
Scroll.in
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April 20, 2025
The Trump administration has recently revoked the visas of more than 1,300 foreign college students – detaining some – and launched immigration enforcement actions on college campuses across the country. This has raised concerns among the more...
Australia tops new list of most expensive passports in the world - but here's the list of countries it will get you into without a visa
Daily Mail
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August 24, 2025
By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 The Australian passport has been revealed as the most expensive in the world for the second year in a row, but research suggests...
Celebrating heritage: Niuean’s debut picture book unites culture through coconut tales
Pacific Media Network
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A Niuean broadcaster has launched her first book to unify Pacific creatives and families around rich, coconut-filled tales of heritage. Inangaro Vakaafi’s book, Hunt for Niu Tupu, blends English narration with Niuean terms. It guides young readers...
NZ Transnational Crime Unit conduct workshop in Niue
Television Niue
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April 10, 2025
For the first time, a 2 member team from the New Zealand Transnational Crime Unit (NZTCU) were in Niue this week to conduct A Foundational intelligence workshop. The two day workshop focused on developing capacity and up-skilling for the Niue...
Health data masking cancer differences between Pacific ethnic groups
Scimex Newsfeed
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April 10, 2025
Tongans and Cook Islands Māori have a higher rate of cancer diagnoses than other Pacific people in New Zealand, while Samoans and Niueans have higher rates of gastric cancer, specifically. Authors of new research in the New Zealand Medical Journal...
‘Niue is your home’
Pacific Media Network
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Prime Minister of Niue Dalton Tagelagi visited Aotearoa New Zealand this week to attend the funeral service of former Common Roll Member of Parliament Richard Hipa, whose contributions and lasting impact were commemorated by many. During his...
Mana Moana: Celebrate Pacific culture in a mesmerising night of music and unity
Pacific Media Network
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Rehearsals are in full swing as an ensemble of Pacific voices prepares to resonate through Auckland’s Spark Arena next month. After the success of their 2023 show, the soul-stirring Mana Moana will return for a one-night-only performance...
Bringing CEDAW closer to the Pacific: Leaders focus on ending gender-based…
Pacific News Service
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Achieving gender equality is not the business of governments alone. It is something that needs to be addressed by all sectors of our Pacific.” Mereseini Rakuita, Principal and Strategic Lead for Pacific Women at the Pacific Community (SPC) made...
‘Not just song and dance’: Polyfest’s role in Pacific education
Pacific Media Network
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At ASB Polyfest, Pacific students wear vibrant costumes, move to rhythmic drumbeats, and perform with pride. But behind the spectacle, they are also building confidence, sharpening their academic skills, and finding a sense of belonging that is...
Polyfest50: A personal reflection on the heartbeat of culture
Pacific Media Network
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Monu, monu, monu tu tagaloa! For many New Zealand-born Pasifika people, Polyfest has been a cornerstone of cultural connection and identity. For me and many other young tagata Niue, it has been our only connection to our culture. And in its 50th...
Regional learning focused on traditional knowledge and gender integration into climate systems
Television Niue
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March 25, 2025
About 20 regional representatives from the various meteorological departments are on the island to learn from Niue on how they have managed to integrate traditional knowledge into the work of the Niue Meteorological Service. They are part of the...
Hologa Niue Festival brings together the Niue community in Aotearoa
TP+
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March 24, 2025
John Pulu | Presenter/ Reporter/Director Hologa Niue means descendants of Niue which is the name of the inaugural cultural festival held in Auckland recently. Led by Three Star Nation (TSN) a Niue youth community group, the festival was a chance...