There is still a sense of unease in the community as the island prepares for the first quarantine-free flight from Auckland due to arrive on Monday next week. Premier Dalton Tagelagi told BCN news that the government is…
An historic event took place in the Fono Ekepule today for the first time in the history of the Niue Legislature to discuss and pass the amendments to the Public Revenues Financial Reporting and Audit Special Provisions…
The government’s budget was passed by the Fono Ekepule on Wednesday last week with a reduction in the deficit from $12.5 million to $9 million. The budget estimates were introduced in the Annual Appropriations Bill 2022…
The people of the village of Mutalau are still coming to terms with the sudden loss of their former Deputy Chair of the Village Council Edward Patrick Sietu affectionately known to all as Aki or Etu. He was 34 years old.
It’s been eight days since the Taiwanese fishing boat MV Chuan I Shin grounded on Beveridge Reef, Wednesday last week and BCN understands that the report was presented to Cabinet today. Senior officials in government…
Nine-year-old Canan Mautama wants to buy a fishing boat when he grows up. This is the reaction of a little boy when given the opportunity to go fishing in the ‘deep blue’ with his family.
Dr Colin Fonotau Tukuitonga was one of three recipients of the Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and one of sixteen Pacific islanders in New Zealand to be recognised and awarded distinctions in this…
The work on the Airport upgrade project is progressing well according to Project Manager Craig Smart. The next key project milestone is the blasting at the government quarry at Tafalalo to produce aggregate.
A multi-agency investigation team made up of officers from the Niue Police, Fisheries and Maritime are preparing to head to the Beveridge Reef to investigate the grounding of the Taiwanese fishing vessel FV Chuan I Shin…
The Taiwanese fishing vessel FV CHUAN I SHIN with eleven crew on board yesterday ran aground on Beveridge Reef, 125 nautical miles south-east of Niue. In a press release at midday today, the government announced that…