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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
The vulnerability of some Pacific Island states to military takeover was a prime motivation for regional forum leaders to strongly push for Fiji to return to democracy, says the chairman of the Pacific Island Forum, Niue premiere Toke Talagi.Talagi told scoop.co.nz that Pacific Island nations could be exposed to some kind of take over by groups emboldened to change governments or force change after...
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ComingAnarchy.com (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The tiny island state of Niue lies in the Polynesian South Pacific (see guest blogger Phil Howison’s breakdown of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia) and has a population of less than 1,700. Though sovereign since 1974, Niue’s foreign affairs and national defense are managed by New Zealand. Nevertheless, Niue established diplomatic relations with China last December. [...]
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the INQUIRER (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Nick Farrell the Inquirer , Monday 25 August 2008. 10:13:00 Thinking small THE TINY ISLAND NATION of Niue has become the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all of its children. The programme involves giving every primary and secondary school student a rugged "relatively waterproof and breakproof" wireless connected One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) machine....
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Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Pacific ACP Leaders from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, including the Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, met in Alofi, Niue, on 19 August 2008 before the 39th Pacific Forum Leaders meeting. Timor Leste was represented by its Ambassador to Australia. The Premier...
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D' Technology Weblog (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
The small country of Niue became the first nation to provide OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) laptops to all of its public school students. Niue’s 200 secondary school students received their PCs last month, according to a report by Radio New Zealand International. The 300 primary school children in Niue got their laptops today, in conjunction with [...]
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Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Friday, 22 August 2008, 3:53 pm Article: John Andrews - Pacific Insights Niue Hospital Facilities Questioned After Corpse Held In Fish Chiller Report and photographs by John Andrews in Niue Relatives of an elderly man who died on Niue Island are upset his body had to be held in a chiller used for storing fish. They believe the body of their patriarch, 91-year-old Tuhipa Niutama, does not deserve the...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The tiny South Pacific nation of Niue has become the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) - The 20th Post-Forum Dialogue Partners(PFDP)' Plenary opened here Thursday with focus on environment and resource protection.
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Ever heard of Niue? Although self-governing, “Niue is in free association with New Zealand, meaning that the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand is also Niue’s head of state,” says the Wikipedia. It’s a tiny country, but it’s secured a permanent place in the history of 21st century communications by becoming [...]
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
ALOFI, NIUE: Pacific leaders have warned military-controlled Fiji it could be suspended from a key regional group. They have also condemned its interim government for failing to return the country to democracy.
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[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The South Pacific tiny nation of Niue created history on Thursday with the launch of the one laptop per child (OLPC) initiative, becoming the first country in the world to have 100 percent saturation...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
ALOFI (Niue): Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Wednesday expressed “serious” concerns over Fiji’s absence at this year’s PIF summit, urging its interim government to honour its commitment to hold elections ...
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Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
The Honourable Toke Tufukia Talagi MP, Prime Minister of Niue, formally opened the 39th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders on Tuesday. Talagi takes on the chair of the forum for the next four years taking over from Tongan Prime Minister Feleti Sevele. The Niuean PM named climate change as the most pressing concern for the forum. “The challenges for the region is no longer a matter for research or...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
ALOFI, Niue (Reuters) - South Pacific leaders warned Fiji’s post-coup government on Wednesday it could be suspended from a regional forum if it failed to hold democratic elections in early 2009.
