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Experience Niuean culture, festivals, language, food, dance and ceremonies like hair cutting and the blessing of yams. Find out about their community in New Zealand and how this island is dealing with migration and climate change. SCIS no. 1816223

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Niue

Niue (pronounced like noo-ay) is an island in the Pacific Ocean. It is 261 square kilometres and has a population of 1620 people. Niue is a state that is part of the Realm of New Zealand, so the Ni...

Niue Language Week

Activities and events to embrace and celebrate Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue - Niue Language Week in Aotearoa.

Niue Language Week

Ideas for classroom programmes and school-wide activities from TKI to celebrate Niue Language Week.

Revitalising vagahau Niue strengthens learning

Students in New Zealand’s first Niue language bilingual unit are finding courage, confidence and community through cultural connections.

War dance, Niue

War dance, Niue

Men performing a war dance, Niue. Photographed by an unknown photographer April-June 1903. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - War dance, Niue Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(...

Niue national anthem - Ko E Iki He Lagi

The national anthem of Niue.

Canoe making in Niue

Canoe making in Niue

Image of men hollowing out a canoe.

Uga or coconut crab hunting in Niue

Uga or coconut crab hunting in Niue

Uga or coconut crab are hunted in large numbers in Niue but to conserve them the Niuean Government has placed an indefinite ban on their export

Makataone Pilokolu - master weaver

Makataone Pilokolu - master weaver

Growing up in Niue, Makataone learned to weave with the women in her village. In this short film she shares her passion for weaving and speaks about her experience of moving to New Zealand. Learn m...

Catching ulihenga, avatele, Niue

Catching ulihenga, avatele, Niue

Image of a man catching fish from a vaka.

Niue: a raised coral atoll

Contains information about Niue including, tool making, formation, coral atolls etc.

Niueans: migration

Article about Niuean migration.

Niue offers free wireless internet

The Internet Users' Society in Niue has this week launched the first free nationwide wireless internet access service, or WIFI. It is provided to all Niue residents, tourists, government offices...

Ear piercing ceremony

Ear piercing ceremony

Image of an ear piercing ceremony.

Pacific Islands and New Zealand: Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Nauru

Article contains information about Niue.

The People of Niue - Niuē-fekai (or Savage Island and its people)

Early anthropological information and conjecture about Niue and Niueans.

Niue and its people

A 1903 newspaper article about the Niuean people.

La: the sun

Artwork by Niuean artist John Pule.

Tigilau Ness

The story of Niuean musician and anti-apartheid activist Tigilau (Tigi) Ness.

Chains

Song by the hip hop artist Che Fu who is the son of a Māori mother and a Niuean father.

Niue male dance costume

Niue male dance costume

This is a Niue male dance costumethat was collected at the ASB Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, or Polyfest, which began in 1975 and is held in Auckland in Ma...

Photographs of roadside signs in Niue

Photographs of roadside signs in Niue

A set of digital photographs of handpainted roadside signs at Toi, Hakupu, Mutalau, Tamakautoga, and Tuapa villages in Niue. Taken on a mobile telephone in 2015 by Chris Szekely. The signs chiefly ...

Niue dance costume

Niue dance costume

Woman's tapulu (dress) dance costume.

Men in canoes, Niue

Men in canoes, Niue

In this photo we see two men in Niuean canoes also known as vakas. The vaka which represents the connection between people, land and the sea and is an integral part of Niuean culture. However, the ...

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Haircutting ceremony

Haircutting ceremony

Young Niuean boys don’t cut their hair till their haircutting ceremony which takes place when boys become teenagers. During the ceremony, a boy’s hair will be braided and members of his extended fa...

Portlandia

Portlandia, also known as bikkia tetrandra is commonly seen growing on the bare rocks of Niue. This plant has long tubulous white flowers and yellowish green leaves that contain a similar texture t...

Article about native Niuean plants and animals.

World factbook - Niue

CIA World Factbook provides current facts and figures about Niue, including demographic and economic data.

BBC country profiles - Niue

Quick facts and a general overview of Niue.

The Official website Of Niue tourism

Website containing tourist information about Niue.

Disney coins become legal tender in the island nation of Niue

Article about Disney coins in Niue.

Niue: climate change adaption

As a small island nation Niue is highly vulnerable to climate change.

Anybody home in the Pacific?

The population decline on Niue has been steady and relentless.

How to: make takihi

How to make takihi– a well-known Niuean dish.

Fofoga he atu pulapulaola ha Niue

Stories written by children about their life in Niue.

The tragic outcome to Niue's WW1 commitment

The tragic account of the 150 soldiers from Niue who volunteered to serve in the First World War.

Niue primary school

Stories that we wrote about our life on Niue.

Niueans returning home to discover their culture and identity

Join the Tasmanian family as they learn about their culture and heritage.

This site explains New Zealand’s trade relationship with the Niue.

How to: hunt a coconut crab

Take a Journey into the darkest depths of the Niuean Jungle with muso and rookie Uga Hunter, Malcolm Lakatani.

Niue holidays and festivals

Article about holidays and festivals in Niue.

JXN - Tau Fuata Niue (Cover) KAINA Vol.4

Weather in Alofi, Niue

Site contains information about the weather in Niue.

American sailors loading meat for Niue relief

American sailors loading meat for Niue relief

Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5...

The Niuean language

Niueans called on to preserve their mother tongue.

The purpose of PACER in Niue

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) has huge benefits for Niue.

NiueYouthNetworkNz singing - "Ko e lalolagi"

Ko e Lalolagi is a celebration song often sung at Niuean functions, weddings, birthdays, hair cutting ceremonies and graduations.

An explanation of the colours and stars in the Niue’s flag.

Niue lies north-east to New Zealand. It is 259 square kilometres and is one of the world’s largest uplifted atolls.

Niue: a cautious colony comes of age

Opinion and views from Niue in 1974 – one week before the referendum on self-government.

Niuean people in New Zealand

Niuean population residing in New Zealand, based on people who stated Niuean as their sole ethnicity or as one of several ethnic groups.

What holds the sky up? School Journal: Year 3 Part 1 No 4: 1993

Lagi Sipeli’s folk tale from Niue explains why banyan trees are never cut down. School login is required.

Niue achieves herd immunity for Covid-19

Niue has been praised for achieving Covid-19 herd immunity status.

Our development cooperation in Niue

On 26 April 2019, the Governments of New Zealand and Niue signed a Statement of Partnership.

Digital Pasifik

See, discover and explore items of Niue’s digitised cultural heritage that are held in collections around the world.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic, Britannica School. School login maybe required.

John Pule - artist of the Pacific. School Journal Curriculum level: 4; Oct: 2012

Gregory O’Brien describes the life and work of John Pule, a well-known Niuean, Pasifika artist, and poet.

Kiu and ugauga. School Journal: Year 4 Part 01 No 4: 2004

A Niuean legend on why the Kiu has a shrill cry. School login is required.

From taro to tourism

Niue’s brave plan to transform its economy from subsistence to sustainability. Find this article in New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe required.

Niuean haircutting ceremony

Lui talks about his haircutting ceremony as a teen.

Telling Niue climate change stories in Niue ways | E-Tangata

Telling Niue climate change stories in Niue ways | E-Tangata

The ultimate Niuean warrior!

A Niuean warrior in full attire.

Using the internet to make people stay on the island

Niuean internet developer, Emani Fakaotimanava-Lui, hopes internet access and empowerment will decrease migration from the tiny island country.

Education workshops for boat fishermen in Niue

New Zealand’s Pacific Maritime Safety Programme (PMSP), focuses on teaching Niuean fishermen to keep lifejackets in seaworthy condition.

Self-determination and political development in Niue

Tracing the influence of international events on the administration and political development of Niue.

Niue – the rock of Polynesia

Look back at the time Captain Cook tried to take a holiday in Niue and why he called it the 'Savage Islands.

Glen Jackson in Niue

Glen Jackson shows us around some of his favourite swimming spots on the Island and shares a little about why they're important to him and his culture.

In this personal report, Sofi, a girl from Niue, talks about her family and when they wear lavalava.

Niue increases use of renewable energy

Solar photovoltaic system project will help Niue save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Niue artist has revived the art of hiapo

It’s the silk of the Pacific - tapa, kapa, gatu or siapo can be found across most cultures in Oceania, but on the island of Niue, the art of barkcloth-making, or hiapo, has all but disappeared.

Learn how to make nanē pia (Niuean porridge).

Whales in Niue with Clarke Gayford

Clarke Gayford gets up close with humpback whales in Niue – one of the few places in the world you can swim with whales.

Three Star Nation: Full Performance

Three Star Nation: Full Performance

The Three Star Nation project was created to pay homage to past composers from the Village of Fineone Hakupu-Atua in Niue. In this series, you will indulge in a serving of authentic Niue Song & Dan...

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