In an unprecedented move, the Fono Ekepule will appoint a special parliamentary select committee to look into the operations of two government entities. A motion was presented by the member from Tamakautoga, Mr.
Officials from the Office of External Affairs have confirmed that there are no available rooms at the government quarantine facility until mid July. Government officials are asking that residents intending to travel to…
At the sitting of the Fono Ekepule on Wednesday last week a motion put forward by Common Roll member Hon. Terry Coe calling on the government to increase the child allowance was supported by 11 members.
The Cabinet at its meeting on Thursday last week confirmed that the government will be reviewing the Immigration Act 2011. In a press release the Minister for Immigration, Hon Crossley Tatui says the movement of people…
The family of a woman in her mid-thirties who was evacuated from Niue to New Zealand for emergency medical care last week is recovering well. According to the family she was discharged from Middlemore hospital yesterday…
Three new Police Officers were sworn in last week. Two of them are the first non-Niuean citizens to be recruited to the Niue Police, one is a Fijian man, and a young woman of Samoan American heritage.
A total of 48 passengers including five children were on flight NZ937 from Hanan International Alofi bound for Auckland yesterday afternoon. The first quarantine free flight from Niue to New Zealand was delayed by some…
Niue will begin quarantine-free travel to New Zealand on Tuesday 23rd March. It was in November last year that Premier Dalton Tagelagi first told BCN news of his discussions with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda…
Common Roll member O’love Tauveve Jacobsen is putting forward a motion to the next sitting of the Fono Ekepule on Wednesday next week calling “For the Assembly to respectfully direct the Premier of Niue to call for…
There is still no news as to when Niue is likely to receive the COVID 19 vaccine that is currently being rolled out in New Zealand. BCN news contacted the Office of the Premier yesterday for a comment and received an…