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Niue, known as ‘the rock’, lies 2,400 km north-east of New Zealand’s Cape Rēinga. At 259 square kilometres, and with a high point of 68 metres above sea level, it is one of the world’s largest uplifted atolls.

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Carl Walrond, Niueans – Migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/46703/niue (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 28 January 2016, updated 1 July 2024.