A tiny island nation in the South Pacific is being hailed as one of the world's most beautiful destinations.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay. Under the plan, ...

The jailhouse on the island of Niue has a steady average population: zero. The South Pacific nation­­ — pronounced somewhere between “NEW-way” and “ni-YOO-way” — claimed its independence from New ...

The people of Niue, like marine biologist Brendon Pasisi, have always had a close connection to the sea. Known as the "rock of Polynesia", this island in the Pacific is taking a world-first approach ...

The tiny Pacific island of Niue may just be the best place on Earth for stargazing. Niue, a Polynesian island about halfway between Fiji and the Cook Islands, has earned recognition from the ...

The South Pacific island of Niue is one the most remote places in the world. Its closest neighbors, Tonga and American Samoa, are hundreds of miles away. The advent of the internet promised, in a ...

Niue is under a yellow alert for an imminent threat of drought. Niue's disaster management ffice says wildfires have already happened in several areas - Tualihega, Kavata, Paluki, Tumau-Alofi, Liku ...

New premier of the Pacific nation, Dalton Tagelagi, seeks to reopen island and ‘a return to the good old happy days’ The two candidates for the seat of Mutalau, a village on Niue’s northern point, ...

The tiny nation of Niue continues to step up on the world stage when it comes to protecting the ocean. The economy of Niue is firmly centred around the Ocean - from an important food source for locals ...

Arrival of lone bird has surprised and delighted Pacific atoll’s residents who bring food and spend time topping up its puddle The remote Pacific atoll of Niue, a three and a half hour flight from ...

Home to some 2,000 people, the Pacific island of Niue is trying to encourage some of the 20,000 overseas Niueans - many of whom migrated to New Zealand - to return. Niue is a self-governing state in ...