Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about 400 miles (640 km)...

Nanumea Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the island of Nanumea in the Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu). Nanumea Airfield was built by...

The Nanumea dialect, also known as te 'Gana Faka Nanumea or Nanumean, is a dialect of Tuvaluan, also considered by some to be a separate language, spoken...

Vaitupu, the founding ancestor is described as being from Samoa, whereas on Nanumea, the founding ancestor is described as being from Tonga. Tuvalu was first...

A by-election was held in the Nanumea constituency in Tuvalu on 5 May 2003. It was triggered by the annulment in February of incumbent MP Sio Patiale's...

A by-election was held in the Nanumea constituency in Tuvalu on 19 September 2014. It followed the resignation of the incumbent, Willy Telavi, in August...

the Tia Kau, that describes a shark attack at the Tia Kau reef between Nanumea and Nanumaga. The population of Nanumaga from 1860 to 1900 is estimated...

FC Nanumaga or Ha'apai United is a Tuvalu football club from Nanumanga, playing in the Tuvalu A-Division. The team's home ground is the Tuvalu Sports Ground...

above the level of storm surges, and projects on the outer islands of Nanumea and Nanumaga that aimed at reducing exposure to coastal erosion by providing...

from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu, who represented the constituency of Nanumea. He served as the acting prime minister, and foreign minister, from 8 December...

Vaitupu the founding ancestor is described as being from Samoa; whereas on Nanumea the founding ancestor is described as being from Tonga. The extent of influence...

handlining. Nanumea Marine Protected Area, 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi), is a MPA, which is managed by the Nanumea Island Council (Kaupule o Nanumea). The MPA...

Airport. During World War II, the American forces also built airfields on Nanumea and Motulalo, which is the largest atoll of Nukufetau. After the war these...

Tuvalu Funafuti (atoll of at least 30 islands) Nanumanga (or Nanumaga) Nanumea (atoll of at least 6 islands) Niulakita Niutao Nui (atoll of at least 21...

Men carve a paopao (canoe) on Nanumea Atoll in Tuvalu....

variations of single-outrigger canoes that had been developed on Vaitupu and Nanumea. Gerd Koch, an anthropologist, visited the atolls of Nanumaga, Nukufetau...

described as being from Tonga. On Nanumea the founding ancestor is described as being from Tonga, although Nanumea also has links to Tokelau.: 15–16 ...

Empire extended as far as the Tuvaluan archipelago. The oral history of Nanumea describes the founding ancestor as being from Tonga. The oral history of...

which the extremities give a measurement of 13.5 by 10.0 miles". Funafuti, Nanumea, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae and Vaitupu are atolls (sometimes known as...

Airport Notes Funafuti (Vaiaku) Funafuti International Airport Hub Lolua Nanumea Airfield Intended to begin October 2023 Savave Nukufetau Airfield Intended...

16 CRNZ 88 a woman who had come to New Zealand from the small island of Nanumea, which is part of the Tuvalu Islands, received a two-year sentence for...

Lakena islet, Nanumea Easternmost point – Niuoko islet, Nukulaelae Southernmost point – Niulakita Westernmost point – Lakena islet, Nanumea Natural resources:...

States Army Air Forces (USAAF) moved Headquarters, Seventh Air Force from Nanumea to the airfield in April 1944, and moved the B-24 Liberator-equipped 11th...

Philippines to New Spain. He charted Nanumea as San Augustin. In 1809, Captain Patterson in the brig Elizabeth sighted Nanumea while passing through the northern...

3 Elias Kendler Veitongo 5 4 Dylan Connolly Tupapa Maraerenga 4 Falaniko Nanumea Vaivase-Tai FC Vaa Taualai Vaivase-Tai FC 7 Sione Uhatahi Veitongo 3...

United States Marine Corps landed on Funafuti on 2 October 1942 and on Nanumea and Nukufetau in August 1943. The Japanese had already occupied Tarawa...

LST-179 Pearl Harbor 21 May 1944 Fire and accidental explosion. LST-203 Near Nanumea, Ellice Islands 1 October 1943 Grounded. LST-228 In Azores 20 January 1944...

Education, Youth & Sports Timi Melei Nanumea Minister for Public Utilities & Environment Ampelosa Manoa Tehulu Nanumea Minister of Finance Seve Paeniu Nukulaelae...

Vaitupu the founding ancestor is described as being from Samoa; whereas on Nanumea the founding ancestor is described as being from Tonga. These stories can...

question on ‘ancestry’; of these 120 were born in Tuvalu. The islands of Nanumea, Nanumaga, Nukufetau and Niutao had relatively high net migration losses...