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Niue is best experienced with eyes and mind wide open. Photo / Supplied

Niue is best experienced with eyes and mind wide open. Photo / Supplied

Niue: Ancient skills still float the boats 4:00AM Thursday November 12, 2009

My trip to Niue is a working holiday of sorts. I'm here to learn a little about Niuean vaka (canoe) making from master canoe builder and fisherman Taumafai Fuhiniu. Niue, with little more than 1200 inhabitants, is fighting a battle familiar to many indigenous groups, to preserve traditional knowledge… More


Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare Doc Alexander Macdonald survived a storm that took his skipper's life and raised police accusations of murder. Photo / Herald on Sunday 4:00AM Sunday September 06, 2009

Tired, hungry and in shock from losing his skipper overboard, New Zealander Alex Macdonald says he was then kept… More

Strange and beautiful world 4:00AM Saturday August 01, 2009

John Pule is squatting down when I arrive at his studio, working on a canvas with a fine brush. "Just doing the… More

Kiwi in tragic mystery at sea Doc David Parkinson, whose adventures inspired the film Proof of Life, (pictured) was lost at sea between Niue and Tonga. Photo / Supplied 4:00AM Sunday August 30, 2009

A New Zealand man was left adrift and helpless on a yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for three days after… More

Niue head urges Fijians to 'rise up' Toke Talagi. Photo / Getty Images 4:00AM Thursday August 06, 2009

Niuean Premier Toke Talagi yesterday urged Fijians to rise in rebellion and take to the streets against the military-led… More



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