A Niue Opposition MP says this year's Pacific Islands Forum summit should be held in New Zealand because the island lacks the resources to run it properly.
Niue is scheduled to host the summit in August at a cost of around five million US dollars.
But the island, which has been in financial strife for years, has no reserves with which to fund such an event.
MP Terry Coe says if Niue is unable to provide suitable accommodation and security for the leaders then it should pull out.
"I said in the House that they should hold it in New Zealand and let New Zealand with all their facilities there. We also have a lot of Niueans in Auckland that could give [a hand ] easily. And we would just have to send down our delegation which would probably be 20 people, and that would be the total cost to us. And it would certainly be a lot cheaper for New Zealand to do it that way."
