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Internet service provider Kaniu’s equipment shot at and damaged over the weekend
The founder and owner of Kaniu, Emani Fakaotimanava-Lui said he was alerted to an internet outage on Sunday night by some of their customers from Alofi area that there was no internet connection affecting customers from…
JUN 11, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Talking Budget: Which ministry will spend the most and which will generate the most revenue in the new budget estimates
In our ‘Talking Budget’ series, we look at the expenditure and revenue estimates of each ministry, analysing the government’s new $4.7 million dollar deficit budget. The ministry with the highest expenditure in the…
JUN 11, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Premier Tagelagi gets the Pfizer vaccine and encourages the doubters to do the same
A total of 750 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Niue yesterday afternoon and this morning Premier Dalton Tagelagi was the first to receive the jab at the Niuefoou hospital. Premier Tagelagi was accompanied by the…
JUN 10, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Ammunition for sale but only until end of June; no mention of a shooting season.
Last week Cabinet approved the sale of ammunition for this month only and only available to those firearm owners who have paid their annual gun registrations. Purchases are also limited to four packets of ammo per…
JUN 09, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Government to decide on the future of the public service 4-day week
One of the most controversial policies ever introduced in the public service was in January 2014 when the Public Service Commission announced that the government departments and employees will work a four-day week and…
JUN 09, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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First vaccine doses administered; Minister of Health gets the first jab
As is customary with any major event in Niue, the rollout of the vaccine for the first thirty people on the island started with a prayer by the Ekalesia Kerisiano Niue president Reverend Nuka Tauevihi. The Minister of…
JUN 04, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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A national superannuation scheme by end of the year, says Premier Tagelagi
The government is close to securing a national superannuation scheme as announced by the Premier at the Fono Ekepule yesterday saying he hopes the scheme will be ready by the end of this year. Premier Tagelagi told the…
JUN 04, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Launch of new nautical chart of Niue and Beveridge Reef, NU131
The government today launched NU131, the new nautical chart of Niue and Beveridge Reef, organised by the Maritime office of the Department of Transport and the Department of Justice, Lands and Survey. This is the first…
JUN 04, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Government table its 2021/2022 Annual Appropriations Bill with a $4.7 million budget deficit
The government’s annual appropriations bill 2021/2022 presented to the Fono Ekepule by Minister of Finance Hon. Crossley Tatui projected government spending to be $33.5 million with estimated revenue of $28.8 million…
JUN 03, 2021·Esther Pavihi
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Hepatitis B & C: Eight diagnosed so far with the disease known as the Silent Killer
Grizelda Mokoia, her public health team and the Health department are commended for their commitment not only to protecting the island from COVID 19 but also running another disease eradication programme simultaneously.…
JUN 03, 2021·Esther Pavihi