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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 free association with New Zealand, which handles Niue's defence and foreign policy. All Niueans are New Zealand citizens, and New Zealand is its main source of aid and biggest trading partner.

Fishing, agriculture and tourism are economic mainstays and the island attracts whale-watchers, divers and yachting enthusiasts.

Niue has embraced the internet, earning money from the sale of its suffix.

Lying between Tonga and the Cook Islands, Niue was initially settled by Samoans. British missionaries arrived in the 19th Century and from 1901 Niue was administered from New Zealand, becoming self-governing in 1974.
Source: BBC.com